differire

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin differre, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dif.feˈri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fe‧rì‧re

Verb

differìre (first-person singular present differìsco, first-person singular past historic differìi, past participle differìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to defer, to postpone
  2. (intransitive) to differ, to be different (from) [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “differire”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026