derivar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin dērīvāre.

Verb

derivar (first-person singular indicative present derivo, past participle deriváu)

1. to derive

Conjugation

Conjugation of derivar

infinitive		derivar
gerund		derivando
past participle		m deriváu, f derivada, n derivao, m pl derivaos, f pl derivaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	derivo	derives	deriva	derivamos	deriváis	deriven
	imperfect	derivaba	derivabes	derivaba	derivábemos, derivábamos	derivabeis, derivabais	derivaben
	preterite	derivé	derivasti, derivesti	derivó	derivemos	derivastis, derivestis	derivaron
	pluperfect	derivare, derivara	derivares, derivaras	derivare, derivara	deriváremos, deriváramos	derivareis, derivarais	derivaren, derivaran
	future	derivaré	derivarás	derivará	derivaremos	derivaréis	derivarán
	conditional	derivaría	derivaríes	derivaría	derivaríemos, derivaríamos	derivaríeis, derivaríais	derivaríen
subjunctive	present	derive	derives, derivas	derive	derivemos	derivéis	deriven, derivan
	imperfect	derivare, derivara	derivares, derivaras	derivare, derivara	deriváremos, deriváramos	derivareis, derivarais	derivaren, derivaran
imperative		—	deriva	—	—	derivái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dērīvāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [də.ɾiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.ɾiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.ɾiˈvaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [de.ɾiˈβa]

Verb

derivar (first-person singular present derivo, first-person singular preterite deriví, past participle derivat)

1. to derive

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of derivar (first conjugation)

infinitive			derivar
gerund			derivant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		derivat		derivada
		plural		derivats		derivades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	derivo	derives	deriva	derivem	deriveu	deriven
	imperfect	derivava	derivaves	derivava	derivàvem	derivàveu	derivaven
	future	derivaré	derivaràs	derivarà	derivarem	derivareu	derivaran
	preterite	deriví	derivares	derivà	derivàrem	derivàreu	derivaren
	conditional	derivaria	derivaries	derivaria	derivaríem	derivaríeu	derivarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	derivi	derivis	derivi	derivem	deriveu	derivin
	imperfect	derivés	derivessis	derivés	derivéssim	derivéssiu	derivessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	deriva	derivi	derivem	deriveu	derivin
	negative (no)	—	no derivis	no derivi	no derivem	no deriveu	no derivin

Related terms

• deriva
• derivació
• derivatiu

Further reading

• “derivar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “derivar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “derivar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “derivar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin dērīvāre.

Verb

derivar (first-person singular present derivo, first-person singular preterite derivei, past participle derivado)

1. to divert (turn aside from a course)

   Synonym: desviar

2. to derive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of derivar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	derivar
Personal	derivar	derivares	derivar	derivarmos	derivardes	derivaren
Gerund
	derivando
Past participle
Masculine	derivado			derivados
Feminine	derivada			derivadas
Indicative
Present	derivo	derivas	deriva	derivamos	derivades	derivan
Imperfect	derivaba	derivabas	derivaba	derivabamos	derivabades	derivaban
Preterite	derivei	derivaches	derivou	derivamos	derivastes	derivaron
Pluperfect	derivara	derivaras	derivara	derivaramos	derivarades	derivaran
Future	derivarei	derivarás	derivará	derivaremos	derivaredes	derivarán
Conditional	derivaría	derivarías	derivaría	derivariamos	derivariades	derivarían
Subjunctive
Present	derive	derives	derive	derivemos	derivedes	deriven
Imperfect	derivase	derivases	derivase	derivásemos	derivásedes	derivasen
Future	derivar	derivares	derivar	derivarmos	derivardes	derivaren
Imperative
Affirmative		deriva	derive	derivemos	derivade	deriven
Negative (non)		non derives	non derive	non derivemos	non derivedes	non deriven

    Reintegrated conjugation of derivar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	derivar
Personal	derivar	derivares	derivar	derivarmos	derivardes	derivarem
Gerund
	derivando
Past participle
Masculine	derivado			derivados
Feminine	derivada			derivadas
Indicative
Present	derivo	derivas	deriva	derivamos	derivades, derivais	derivam
Imperfect	derivava	derivavas	derivava	derivávamos	derivávades, deriváveis, derivávais1	derivavam
Preterite	derivei	derivaste, derivache1	derivou	derivamos	derivastes	derivárom, derivaram
Pluperfect	derivara	derivaras	derivara	deriváramos	derivárades, deriváreis, derivárais1	derivaram
Future	derivarei	derivarás	derivará	derivaremos	derivaredes, derivareis	derivarám, derivarão
Conditional	derivaria	derivarias	derivaria	derivaríamos	derivaríades, derivaríeis, derivaríais1	derivariam
Subjunctive
Present	derive	derives	derive	derivemos	derivedes, deriveis	derivem
Imperfect	derivasse	derivasses	derivasse	derivássemos	derivássedes, derivásseis	derivassem
Future	derivar	derivares	derivar	derivarmos	derivardes	derivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		deriva	derive	derivemos	derivade, derivai	derivem
Negative (nom)		nom derives	nom derive	nom derivemos	nom derivedes, nom deriveis	nom derivem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “derivar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “derivar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto derivi, English derive, French dériver, German derivieren, Italian derivare, Spanish derivar, from Latin dērīvō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.riˈvar/

Verb

derivar (present derivas, past derivis, future derivos, conditional derivus, imperative derivez)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to derive

Conjugation

Conjugation of derivar

		present		past		future
infinitive		derivar		derivir		derivor
tense		derivas		derivis		derivos
conditional		derivus		—		—
imperative		derivez		—		—
adjective active participle		derivanta		derivinta		derivonta
adverbial active participle		derivante		derivinte		derivonte
nominal active participle	singular	derivanto		derivinto		derivonto
	plural	derivanti		derivinti		derivonti
adjective passive participle		derivata		derivita		derivota
adverbial passive participle		derivate		derivite		derivote
nominal passive participle	singular	derivato		derivito		derivoto
	plural	derivati		deriviti		derivoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dērīvāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɾiˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɾiˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɾiˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.ɾiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ɾiˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧ri‧var

Verb

derivar (first-person singular present derivo, first-person singular preterite derivei, past participle derivado)

1. to derive
2. (mathematics) to differentiate (to calculate the derivative of a function)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of derivar (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	derivar
Personal	derivar	derivares	derivar	derivarmos	derivardes	derivarem
Gerund
	derivando
Past participle
Masculine	derivado			derivados
Feminine	derivada			derivadas
Indicative
Present	derivo	derivas	deriva	derivamos	derivais	derivam
Imperfect	derivava	derivavas	derivava	derivávamos	deriváveis	derivavam
Preterite	derivei	derivaste	derivou	derivamos1, derivámos2	derivastes	derivaram
Pluperfect	derivara	derivaras	derivara	deriváramos	deriváreis	derivaram
Future	derivarei	derivarás	derivará	derivaremos	derivareis	derivarão
Conditional	derivaria	derivarias	derivaria	derivaríamos	derivaríeis	derivariam
Subjunctive
Present	derive	derives	derive	derivemos	deriveis	derivem
Imperfect	derivasse	derivasses	derivasse	derivássemos	derivásseis	derivassem
Future	derivar	derivares	derivar	derivarmos	derivardes	derivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		deriva	derive	derivemos	derivai	derivem
Negative (não)		não derives	não derive	não derivemos	não deriveis	não derivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• derivação
• derivativo

Further reading

• “derivar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “derivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dērīvāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɾiˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.ɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ri‧var

Verb

derivar (first-person singular present derivo, first-person singular preterite derivé, past participle derivado)

1. to derive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of derivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			derivar
gerund			derivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		derivado		derivada
		plural		derivados		derivadas
		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	derivo	derivastú derivásvos	deriva	derivamos	deriváis	derivan
	imperfect	derivaba	derivabas	derivaba	derivábamos	derivabais	derivaban
	preterite	derivé	derivaste	derivó	derivamos	derivasteis	derivaron
	future	derivaré	derivarás	derivará	derivaremos	derivaréis	derivarán
	conditional	derivaría	derivarías	derivaría	derivaríamos	derivaríais	derivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	derive	derivestú derivésvos2	derive	derivemos	derivéis	deriven
	imperfect (ra)	derivara	derivaras	derivara	deriváramos	derivarais	derivaran
	imperfect (se)	derivase	derivases	derivase	derivásemos	derivaseis	derivasen
	future1	derivare	derivares	derivare	deriváremos	derivareis	derivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		derivatú derivávos	derive	derivemos	derivad	deriven
	negative		no derives	no derive	no derivemos	no derivéis	no deriven

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of derivar

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 derivar	dative	derivarme	derivarte	derivarle, derivarse	derivarnos	derivaros	derivarles, derivarse
	accusative	derivarme	derivarte	derivarlo, derivarla, derivarse	derivarnos	derivaros	derivarlos, derivarlas, derivarse
with gerund derivando	dative	derivándome	derivándote	derivándole, derivándose	derivándonos	derivándoos	derivándoles, derivándose
	accusative	derivándome	derivándote	derivándolo, derivándola, derivándose	derivándonos	derivándoos	derivándolos, derivándolas, derivándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative deriva	dative	derívame	derívate	derívale	derívanos	not used	derívales
	accusative	derívame	derívate	derívalo, derívala	derívanos	not used	derívalos, derívalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative derivá	dative	derivame	derivate	derivale	derivanos	not used	derivales
	accusative	derivame	derivate	derivalo, derivala	derivanos	not used	derivalos, derivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative derive	dative	deríveme	not used	derívele, derívese	derívenos	not used	deríveles
	accusative	deríveme	not used	derívelo, derívela, derívese	derívenos	not used	derívelos, derívelas
with first-person plural imperative derivemos	dative	not used	derivémoste	derivémosle	derivémonos	derivémoos	derivémosles
	accusative	not used	derivémoste	derivémoslo, derivémosla	derivémonos	derivémoos	derivémoslos, derivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative derivad	dative	derivadme	not used	derivadle	derivadnos	derivaos	derivadles
	accusative	derivadme	not used	derivadlo, derivadla	derivadnos	derivaos	derivadlos, derivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deriven	dative	derívenme	not used	derívenle	derívennos	not used	derívenles, derívense
	accusative	derívenme	not used	derívenlo, derívenla	derívennos	not used	derívenlos, derívenlas, derívense

Derived terms

• función derivada

Related terms

• derivación
• derivativo

Further reading

• “derivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025