conferir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnferre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

conferir (first-person singular present confereixo, first-person singular preterite conferí, past participle conferit)

1. to confer, to bestow

Conjugation

Further reading

• “conferir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “conferir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “conferir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “conferir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin cōnferō.

Verb

conferir (first-person singular present confiro, third-person singular present confire, first-person singular preterite conferín, past participle conferido)
conferir (first-person singular present confiro, third-person singular present confere, first-person singular preterite conferim or conferi, past participle conferido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to confer, bestow
2. to check (if something is correct)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “conferir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “conferir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnferō.

Pronunciation

Verb

conferir (first-person singular present confiro, third-person singular present confere, first-person singular preterite conferi, past participle conferido)

1. to confer, bestow
2. to check (if something is correct)

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conferir.

Further reading

• “conferir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnferō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfeˈɾiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fe‧rir

Verb

conferir (first-person singular present confiero, first-person singular preterite conferí, past participle conferido)

1. bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
2. confer

Conjugation

Further reading

• “conferir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014