superfluo

See also: supérfluo

Asturian

Adjective

superfluo

1. neuter of superfluu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

1. superfluous

Derived terms

• superfluamente
• superfluidade

Italian

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
• Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)

1. superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless

   Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più

Noun

superfluo m (plural superflui)

1. superfluous thing, surplus

   Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario

Derived terms

• superfluamente
• superfluità

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊˈpɛr.fɫu.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [suˈpɛr.flu.o]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti?

Latin fluō

Latin superfluō

From super- + fluō (“flow”).

Verb

superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to run over, overflow
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be superabundant, superabound; to be superfluous

   Synonyms: abundō, flōreō, niteō, affluō, supersum

   Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō

3. (transitive) to flow by or past

Conjugation

   Conjugation of superfluō (third conjugation, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	superfluō		superfluis		superfluit		superfluimus		superfluitis		superfluunt
	imperfect	superfluēbam		superfluēbās		superfluēbat		superfluēbāmus		superfluēbātis		superfluēbant
	future	superfluam		superfluēs		superfluet		superfluēmus		superfluētis		superfluent
	perfect	superflūxī		superflūxistī		superflūxit		superflūximus		superflūxistis		superflūxērunt, superflūxēre
	pluperfect	superflūxeram		superflūxerās		superflūxerat		superflūxerāmus		superflūxerātis		superflūxerant
	future perfect	superflūxerō		superflūxeris		superflūxerit		superflūxerimus		superflūxeritis		superflūxerint
passive	present	superfluor		superflueris, superfluere		superfluitur		superfluimur		superfluiminī		superfluuntur
	imperfect	superfluēbar		superfluēbāris, superfluēbāre		superfluēbātur		superfluēbāmur		superfluēbāminī		superfluēbantur
	future	superfluar		superfluēris, superfluēre		superfluētur		superfluēmur		superfluēminī		superfluentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	superfluam		superfluās		superfluat		superfluāmus		superfluātis		superfluant
	imperfect	superfluerem		superfluerēs		superflueret		superfluerēmus		superfluerētis		superfluerent
	perfect	superflūxerim		superflūxerīs		superflūxerit		superflūxerīmus		superflūxerītis		superflūxerint
	pluperfect	superflūxissem		superflūxissēs		superflūxisset		superflūxissēmus		superflūxissētis		superflūxissent
passive	present	superfluar		superfluāris, superfluāre		superfluātur		superfluāmur		superfluāminī		superfluantur
	imperfect	superfluerer		superfluerēris, superfluerēre		superfluerētur		superfluerēmur		superfluerēminī		superfluerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		superflue		—		—		superfluite		—
	future	—		superfluitō		superfluitō		—		superfluitōte		superfluuntō
passive	present	—		superfluere		—		—		superfluiminī		—
	future	—		superfluitor		superfluitor		—		—		superfluuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		superfluere			superfluī			superfluēns			—
future		—			—			—			superfluendus
perfect		superflūxisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		superfluendī		superfluendō		superfluendum		superfluendō		—		—

Derived terms

• superfluus
• superfluxus

Related terms

• affluō
• circumfluō
• cōnfluō
• dēfluō
• diffluō
• effluō
• fluō
• īnfluō
• interfluō
• perfluō
• praefluō
• praeterfluō
• prōfluō
• refluō
• subterfluō
• superfluē
• trānsfluō

Etymology 2

From superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“to be superfluous”), from super- +‎ fluō (“flow”).

Adverb

superfluō (not comparable)

1. superfluously

Synonyms

• (superfluously): superfluē

Etymology 3

Inflected form of superfluus (“superfluous”).

Adjective

superfluō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of superfluus

References

• “superfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “superfluo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpeɾflwo/ [suˈpeɾ.flwo]
• Rhymes: -eɾflwo
• Syllabification: su‧per‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

1. superfluous
2. extraneous

   Synonym: extraño

Derived terms

• superfluamente
• superfluidad

Further reading

• “superfluo”, 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