deferir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin deferō

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [de.feˈɾi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [de.feˈɾi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.feˈɾi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [de.feˈɾi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.feˈɾi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧fe‧rir

Verb

deferir (first-person singular present defiro, third-person singular present defere, first-person singular preterite deferi, past participle deferido)

1. to grant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deferir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deferir
Personal	deferir	deferires	deferir	deferirmos	deferirdes	deferirem
Gerund
	deferindo
Past participle
Masculine	deferido			deferidos
Feminine	deferida			deferidas
Indicative
Present	defiro	deferes	defere	deferimos	deferis	deferem
Imperfect	deferia	deferias	deferia	deferíamos	deferíeis	deferiam
Preterite	deferi	deferiste	deferiu	deferimos	deferistes	deferiram
Pluperfect	deferira	deferiras	deferira	deferíramos	deferíreis	deferiram
Future	deferirei	deferirás	deferirá	deferiremos	deferireis	deferirão
Conditional	deferiria	deferirias	deferiria	deferiríamos	deferiríeis	defeririam
Subjunctive
Present	defira	defiras	defira	defiramos	defirais	defiram
Imperfect	deferisse	deferisses	deferisse	deferíssemos	deferísseis	deferissem
Future	deferir	deferires	deferir	deferirmos	deferirdes	deferirem
Imperative
Affirmative		defere	defira	defiramos	deferi	defiram
Negative (não)		não defiras	não defira	não defiramos	não defirais	não defiram

Related terms

• deferência
• deferente

Further reading

• “deferir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “deferir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin deferō. Cognate with English defer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defeˈɾiɾ/ [d̪e.feˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: de‧fe‧rir

Verb

deferir (first-person singular present defiero, first-person singular preterite deferí, past participle deferido)

1. to defer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deferir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deferir
gerund			defiriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deferido		deferida
		plural		deferidos		deferidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defiero	defierestú deferísvos	defiere	deferimos	deferís	defieren
	imperfect	defería	deferías	defería	deferíamos	deferíais	deferían
	preterite	deferí	deferiste	defirió	deferimos	deferisteis	defirieron
	future	deferiré	deferirás	deferirá	deferiremos	deferiréis	deferirán
	conditional	deferiría	deferirías	deferiría	deferiríamos	deferiríais	deferirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defiera	defierastú defirásvos2	defiera	defiramos	defiráis	defieran
	imperfect (ra)	defiriera	defirieras	defiriera	defiriéramos	defirierais	defirieran
	imperfect (se)	defiriese	defirieses	defiriese	defiriésemos	defirieseis	defiriesen
	future1	defiriere	defirieres	defiriere	defiriéremos	defiriereis	defirieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defieretú deferívos	defiera	defiramos	deferid	defieran
	negative		no defieras	no defiera	no defiramos	no defiráis	no defieran

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of deferir (e-ie-i alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive deferir	dative	deferirme	deferirte	deferirle, deferirse	deferirnos	deferiros	deferirles, deferirse
	accusative	deferirme	deferirte	deferirlo, deferirla, deferirse	deferirnos	deferiros	deferirlos, deferirlas, deferirse
with gerund defiriendo	dative	defiriéndome	defiriéndote	defiriéndole, defiriéndose	defiriéndonos	defiriéndoos	defiriéndoles, defiriéndose
	accusative	defiriéndome	defiriéndote	defiriéndolo, defiriéndola, defiriéndose	defiriéndonos	defiriéndoos	defiriéndolos, defiriéndolas, defiriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defiere	dative	defiéreme	defiérete	defiérele	defiérenos	not used	defiéreles
	accusative	defiéreme	defiérete	defiérelo, defiérela	defiérenos	not used	defiérelos, defiérelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deferí	dative	deferime	deferite	deferile	deferinos	not used	deferiles
	accusative	deferime	deferite	deferilo, deferila	deferinos	not used	deferilos, deferilas
with formal second-person singular imperative defiera	dative	defiérame	not used	defiérale, defiérase	defiéranos	not used	defiérales
	accusative	defiérame	not used	defiéralo, defiérala, defiérase	defiéranos	not used	defiéralos, defiéralas
with first-person plural imperative defiramos	dative	not used	defirámoste	defirámosle	defirámonos	defirámoos	defirámosles
	accusative	not used	defirámoste	defirámoslo, defirámosla	defirámonos	defirámoos	defirámoslos, defirámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deferid	dative	deferidme	not used	deferidle	deferidnos	deferíos	deferidles
	accusative	deferidme	not used	deferidlo, deferidla	deferidnos	deferíos	deferidlos, deferidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defieran	dative	defiéranme	not used	defiéranle	defiérannos	not used	defiéranles, defiéranse
	accusative	defiéranme	not used	defiéranlo, defiéranla	defiérannos	not used	defiéranlos, defiéranlas, defiéranse

Related terms

• deferencia
• deferente
• delatar

Further reading

• “deferir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10