deferir

Portuguese

Verb

1. to grant

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin defero. Cognate with English defer.

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

• delatar

Further reading

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