deferir

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin deferō

Pronunciation

 
 

  • 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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin deferō. Cognate with English defer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /defeˈɾiɾ/
  • 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

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