derivar
Spanish, verb/deɾiˈbaɾ/
derivar is spelled D-E-R-I-V-A-R (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,761st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derivar is a Spanish verb meaning “to derive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceder una cosa de otra en cuanto a su causa o modelo”.
What does derivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to derive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proceder una cosa de otra en cuanto a su causa o modelo. 2. Proceder una palabra de otra o de una raíz. 3. Desviarse del rumbo trazado por el efecto de la corriente de agua. 4. Caer hacia sotavento, es decir, dirigir la proa hacia la dirección opuesta a aquella de donde procede el viento.
verb: 1. Dirigir o encaminar algo de un lugar a otro. 2. Remitir un paciente un médico a otro para su diagnóstico o tratamiento. 3. Obtener la derivada de una función matemática.
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 derivar
- derivo first-person present singular
- derivé first-person preterite singular
- derivado participle past
- derivando gerund
- derivada feminine participle past
- derivados masculine participle past
- derivadas feminine participle past
- derivas indicative informal present
- derivás indicative informal present
- deriva indicative present singular
- derivamos first-person indicative plural
- deriváis indicative plural present
- derivan indicative plural present
- derivaba first-person imperfect indicative
- derivabas imperfect indicative second-person
- derivábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- derivabais imperfect indicative plural
- derivaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derivar?
- /deɾiˈbaɾ/
- [d̪e.ɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
- [d̪eɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to derivar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is derivar in Spanish?
derivar appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).