añidir

An old or dialectal variant of añadir (to add), attested in earlier Spanish and still heard in some rural or regional speech. Modern standard Spanish always uses añadir; añidir is worth recognizing in older texts but not one to use in writing today.

• En textos antiguos se lee 'añidir' donde hoy diríamos 'añadir'. — In old texts you find 'añidir' where today we'd say 'añadir'.
• El documento del siglo XVI usa añidir en vez de añadir. — The 16th-century document uses añidir instead of añadir.
• Algunos hablantes mayores todavía dicen añidir en zonas rurales. — Some older speakers in rural areas still say añidir.

Using añidir in modern writing or speech — it reads as either archaic or a regionalism; añadir is the standard, universally understood form.

Often confused with añadir.