inferir
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnferre (“to carry in”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation
Verb
inferir (first-person singular present infereixo, first-person singular preterite inferí, past participle inferit)
- (transitive) to infer
Conjugation
Conjugation of inferir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
| infinitive | inferir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | inferint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | inferit | inferida | |||||
| plural | inferits | inferides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | infereixo | infereixes | infereix | inferim | inferiu | infereixen | |
| imperfect | inferia | inferies | inferia | inferíem | inferíeu | inferien | |
| future | inferiré | inferiràs | inferirà | inferirem | inferireu | inferiran | |
| preterite | inferí | inferires | inferí | inferírem | inferíreu | inferiren | |
| conditional | inferiria | inferiries | inferiria | inferiríem | inferiríeu | inferirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | infereixi | infereixis | infereixi | inferim | inferiu | infereixin | |
| imperfect | inferís | inferissis | inferís | inferíssim | inferíssiu | inferissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | infereix | infereixi | inferim | inferiu | infereixin | |
| negative (no) | — | no infereixis | no infereixi | no inferim | no inferiu | no infereixin | |
Related terms
- inferència
Further reading
- “inferir”, 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
- “inferir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “inferir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inferir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnferre (“to carry in”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.feˈɾi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.feˈɾi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.feˈɾi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.feˈɾi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.fɨˈɾiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: in‧fe‧rir
Verb
inferir (first-person singular present infiro, third-person singular present infere, first-person singular preterite inferi, past participle inferido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of inferir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Synonyms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnferre (“to carry in”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /infeˈɾiɾ/ [ĩɱ.feˈɾiɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: in‧fe‧rir
Verb
inferir (first-person singular present infiero, first-person singular preterite inferí, past participle inferido)
- to infer
Conjugation
Conjugation of inferir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of inferir (e-ie-i alternation)
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 inferir | dative | inferirme | inferirte | inferirle, inferirse | inferirnos | inferiros | inferirles, inferirse |
| accusative | inferirme | inferirte | inferirlo, inferirla, inferirse | inferirnos | inferiros | inferirlos, inferirlas, inferirse | |
| with gerund infiriendo | dative | infiriéndome | infiriéndote | infiriéndole, infiriéndose | infiriéndonos | infiriéndoos | infiriéndoles, infiriéndose |
| accusative | infiriéndome | infiriéndote | infiriéndolo, infiriéndola, infiriéndose | infiriéndonos | infiriéndoos | infiriéndolos, infiriéndolas, infiriéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative infiere | dative | infiéreme | infiérete | infiérele | infiérenos | not used | infiéreles |
| accusative | infiéreme | infiérete | infiérelo, infiérela | infiérenos | not used | infiérelos, infiérelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative inferí | dative | inferime | inferite | inferile | inferinos | not used | inferiles |
| accusative | inferime | inferite | inferilo, inferila | inferinos | not used | inferilos, inferilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative infiera | dative | infiérame | not used | infiérale, infiérase | infiéranos | not used | infiérales |
| accusative | infiérame | not used | infiéralo, infiérala, infiérase | infiéranos | not used | infiéralos, infiéralas | |
| with first-person plural imperative infiramos | dative | not used | infirámoste | infirámosle | infirámonos | infirámoos | infirámosles |
| accusative | not used | infirámoste | infirámoslo, infirámosla | infirámonos | infirámoos | infirámoslos, infirámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative inferid | dative | inferidme | not used | inferidle | inferidnos | inferíos | inferidles |
| accusative | inferidme | not used | inferidlo, inferidla | inferidnos | inferíos | inferidlos, inferidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative infieran | dative | infiéranme | not used | infiéranle | infiérannos | not used | infiéranles, infiéranse |
| accusative | infiéranme | not used | infiéranlo, infiéranla | infiérannos | not used | infiéranlos, infiéranlas, infiéranse | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “inferir”, 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