incidir

Borrowed from Latin incĭdere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in 1803.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.siˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.siˈðiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dir

incidir (first-person singular present incideixo, first-person singular preterite incidí, past participle incidit) (intransitive)

1. (literal or figurative) to impact [with en ‘on something’]

• “incidir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “incidir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “incidir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “incidir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from Latin incĭdere.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iʁ, (Brazil) -i, (Portugal) -iɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dir

incidir (first-person singular present incido, first-person singular preterite incidi, past participle incidido)

1. to shine on
2. to focus
3. to incur
4. to affect
5. (intransitive) to happen, occur

• “incidir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin incĭdere.

• IPA^(key): /inθiˈdiɾ/ [ĩn̟.θiˈð̞iɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insiˈdiɾ/ [ĩn.siˈð̞iɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ci‧dir

incidir (first-person singular present incido, first-person singular preterite incidí, past participle incidido) (intransitive)

1. to have influence or affect on, to have bearing on

   Synonym: influir

   Eso incidirá en el presupuesto. ― That will affect the budget.

   • 2022, Juan Antonio Moreno-Murcia, Apolonia Albarracín Pérez, Luciane de Paula Borges, Aportes pedagógicos acuáticos‎^[1], page 69:

     El impacto que genera en el niño un nuevo juguete en la clase de natación es realmente positivo y puede incidir en que los niños se involucrasen en diversas actividades y juegos.

     The impact a new toy has on a child during swimming class is truly positive and can encourage them to get involved in various activities and games.

2. to enter into, to incur

   Synonym: incurrir

3. to err
4. to make an incision
5. to stress; to point out

• “incidir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025