diferencial

See also: diferenciál

Catalan

Etymology

From diferència +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [di.fə.ɾən.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [di.fe.ɾen.siˈal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

diferencial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diferencials)

1. differential (of or pertaining to a difference)

Derived terms

• càlcul diferencial

Noun

diferencial f (plural diferencials)

1. (calculus) differential (a quantity representing an infinitesimal change in a variable)

Noun

diferencial m (plural diferencials)

1. differential (the differential gear in an automobile, etc.)

Further reading

• “diferencial”, 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
• “diferencial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “diferencial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “diferencial”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Adjective

diferencial m or f (plural diferenciais)

1. differential

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈaw/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈaʊ̯], (faster) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsjaw/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjal/ [di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjal/ [di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsja.li/

• Hyphenation: di‧fe‧ren‧ci‧al

Adjective

diferencial m or f (plural diferenciais)

1. differential (relating to, having or being a difference)
2. (mathematics) differential (relating to differentiation or differential calculus)

Noun

diferencial f (plural diferenciais)

1. (mathematics) differential (infinitesimal change)

Noun

diferencial m (plural diferenciais)

1. an aspect that makes something or someone better than its competitors
2. differential gear

Related terms

• diferença

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /difeɾenˈθjal/ [d̪i.fe.ɾẽn̟ˈθjal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /difeɾenˈsjal/ [d̪i.fe.ɾẽnˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: di‧fe‧ren‧cial

Adjective

diferencial m or f (masculine and feminine plural diferenciales)

1. differential
2. (mathematics) differential

Derived terms

• cálculo diferencial
• diferencialmente
• ecuación diferencial
• educación diferencial
• máquina diferencial

Noun

diferencial m (plural diferenciales)

1. differential
2. (economics) differential, gap

Noun

diferencial f (plural diferenciales)

1. (mathematics) differential

Further reading

• “diferencial”, 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