diferenciar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferencií, past participle diferenciat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of diferenciar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “diferenciar”, 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
- “diferenciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “diferenciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “diferenciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Verb
diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferenciei, past participle diferenciado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of diferenciar
Reintegrated conjugation of diferenciar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English differentiate, French différencier, German differenzieren, Italian differenziare, Russian дифференци́ровать (differencírovatʹ), Spanish diferenciar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diferenˈt͡siar/
Verb
diferenciar (present tense diferencias, past tense diferenciis, future tense diferencios, imperative diferenciez, conditional diferencius)
- (transitive, intransitive, biology, sociology) to differentiate, to acquire or give a distinct or separate character
Conjugation
| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | diferenciar | diferenciir | diferencior | ||||
| tense | diferencias | diferenciis | diferencios | ||||
| conditional | diferencius | — | — | ||||
| imperative | diferenciez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | diferencianta | diferenciinta | diferencionta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | diferenciante | diferenciinte | diferencionte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | diferencianto | diferenciinto | diferencionto | |||
| plural | diferencianti | diferenciinti | diferencionti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | diferenciata | diferenciita | diferenciota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | diferenciate | diferenciite | diferenciote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | diferenciato | diferenciito | diferencioto | |||
| plural | diferenciati | diferenciiti | diferencioti | ||||
Derived terms
- diferencio (“differentiation”)
See also
- diferencialo
- diferencialigar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.fe.ɾẽˈsja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fɨ.ɾẽˈsja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: di‧fe‧ren‧ci‧ar
Verb
diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferenciei, past participle diferenciado)
- to differentiate (to perceive the difference between things)
- Synonym: discriminar
- (mathematics) to differentiate (to calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables)
Conjugation
Conjugation of diferenciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From diferencia (“difference”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /difeɾenˈθjaɾ/ [d̪i.fe.ɾẽn̟ˈθjaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /difeɾenˈsjaɾ/ [d̪i.fe.ɾẽnˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: di‧fe‧ren‧ciar
Verb
diferenciar (first-person singular present diferencio, first-person singular preterite diferencié, past participle diferenciado)
- (transitive) to differentiate (to show the difference between two things)
Conjugation
Conjugation of diferenciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of diferenciar
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 diferenciar | dative | diferenciarme | diferenciarte | diferenciarle, diferenciarse | diferenciarnos | diferenciaros | diferenciarles, diferenciarse |
| accusative | diferenciarme | diferenciarte | diferenciarlo, diferenciarla, diferenciarse | diferenciarnos | diferenciaros | diferenciarlos, diferenciarlas, diferenciarse | |
| with gerund diferenciando | dative | diferenciándome | diferenciándote | diferenciándole, diferenciándose | diferenciándonos | diferenciándoos | diferenciándoles, diferenciándose |
| accusative | diferenciándome | diferenciándote | diferenciándolo, diferenciándola, diferenciándose | diferenciándonos | diferenciándoos | diferenciándolos, diferenciándolas, diferenciándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative diferencia | dative | diferénciame | diferénciate | diferénciale | diferéncianos | not used | diferénciales |
| accusative | diferénciame | diferénciate | diferéncialo, diferénciala | diferéncianos | not used | diferéncialos, diferéncialas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative diferenciá | dative | diferenciame | diferenciate | diferenciale | diferencianos | not used | diferenciales |
| accusative | diferenciame | diferenciate | diferencialo, diferenciala | diferencianos | not used | diferencialos, diferencialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative diferencie | dative | diferéncieme | not used | diferénciele, diferénciese | diferéncienos | not used | diferéncieles |
| accusative | diferéncieme | not used | diferéncielo, diferénciela, diferénciese | diferéncienos | not used | diferéncielos, diferéncielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative diferenciemos | dative | not used | diferenciémoste | diferenciémosle | diferenciémonos | diferenciémoos | diferenciémosles |
| accusative | not used | diferenciémoste | diferenciémoslo, diferenciémosla | diferenciémonos | diferenciémoos | diferenciémoslos, diferenciémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative diferenciad | dative | diferenciadme | not used | diferenciadle | diferenciadnos | diferenciaos | diferenciadles |
| accusative | diferenciadme | not used | diferenciadlo, diferenciadla | diferenciadnos | diferenciaos | diferenciadlos, diferenciadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative diferencien | dative | diferéncienme | not used | diferéncienle | diferénciennos | not used | diferéncienles, diferénciense |
| accusative | diferéncienme | not used | diferéncienlo, diferéncienla | diferénciennos | not used | diferéncienlos, diferéncienlas, diferénciense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “diferenciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024