diferir

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.fəˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.feˈɾiɾ]

diferir (first-person singular present difereixo, first-person singular preterite diferí, past participle diferit)

1. (transitive) to defer, to postpone, to prolong
2. (transitive, law) to reserve
3. (intransitive) to differ

• diferible
• diferit

• diferent

• “diferir”, 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
• “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.

From Latin differō (“differ”).

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)

1. (transitive) to postpone
2. (intransitive) to differ, disagree, differentiate

• diferente

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

• differir (archaic)

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

diferir (first-person singular present difiro, third-person singular present difere, first-person singular preterite diferi, past participle diferido)

1. (transitive) to postpone
2. (intransitive) to differ, disagree, differentiate

• diferente

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

From Latin differō (“differ”).

• IPA^(key): /difeˈɾiɾ/ [d̪i.feˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: di‧fe‧rir

diferir (first-person singular present difiero, first-person singular preterite diferí, past participle diferido)

1. to differ
2. to defer

• “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], 10 December 2024