# diferir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin differre (“to differ”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [di.fəˈɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.feˈɾiɾ]

### Verb

diferir (first-person singular present difereixo, first-person singular preterite diferí, past participle diferit)
* (transitive) to defer, to postpone, to prolong
* (transitive, law) to reserve
* (intransitive) to differ

#### Derived terms

* diferible
* diferit

#### Related terms

* diferent

### Further reading

* “diferir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “diferir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “diferir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “diferir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin differō (“differ”).

### Verb

diferir (first-person singular present difiro, third-person singular present difire, first-person singular preterite diferín, past participle diferido) diferir (first-person singular present difiro, third-person singular present difere, first-person singular preterite diferim or diferi, past participle diferido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to postpone
* (intransitive) to differ, disagree, differentiate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* diferente

### Further reading

* “diferir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “diferir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* differir (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin differre (“differ”), with change of conjugation. See also disferir and desferir.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.feˈɾi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.fɨˈɾiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.fɨˈɾiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /di.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/

### Verb

diferir (first-person singular present difiro, third-person singular present difere, first-person singular preterite diferi, past participle diferido)
* (transitive) to postpone
* (intransitive) to differ, disagree, differentiate

#### Related terms

* diferente

### Further reading

* “diferir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin differō (“differ”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /difeˈɾiɾ/ [d̪i.feˈɾiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: di‧fe‧rir

### Verb

diferir (first-person singular present difiero, first-person singular preterite diferí, past participle diferido)
* to differ
* to defer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* diferimiento

#### Related terms

* diferente

### Further reading

* “diferir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10