conferir
Spanish, verb/konfeˈɾiɾ/
conferir is spelled C-O-N-F-E-R-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conferir is a Spanish verb meaning “bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aplicar o asignar una función, cargo, derecho o distinción”.
What does conferir mean in English?
verb
- 1
bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
- 2
confer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aplicar o asignar una función, cargo, derecho o distinción. 2. Cotejar y comparar dos cosas entre sí. 3. Tratar y examinar entre varias personas algún punto o negocio.
verb: 1. Tratar un asunto entre varios en una conferencia. 2. Dar a conocer instrucciones u órdenes para que se cumplan.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conferir
- confiero first-person present singular
- conferí first-person preterite singular
- conferido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- confiriendo gerund
- conferida feminine participle past
- conferidos masculine participle past
- conferidas feminine participle past
- confieres indicative informal present
- conferís indicative informal present
- confiere indicative present singular
- conferimos first-person indicative plural
- confieren indicative plural present
- confería first-person imperfect indicative
- conferías imperfect indicative second-person
- conferíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- conferíais imperfect indicative plural
- conferían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conferir?
- /konfeˈɾiɾ/
- [kõɱ.feˈɾiɾ]
- [kõɱfeˈɾiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conferir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conferir in Spanish?
conferir appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).