derivar
Portuguese, verb/de.ɾiˈva(ʁ)/
derivar is spelled D-E-R-I-V-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,634th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derivar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to derive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sair da rota estabelecida”.
What does derivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to derive
- 2
to differentiate (to calculate the derivative of a function)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sair da rota estabelecida 2. calcular a derivada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of derivar
- derivo first-person present singular
- derivei first-person preterite singular
- derivado participle past
- derivares infinitive second-person singular
- derivarmos first-person infinitive plural
- derivardes infinitive plural second-person
- derivarem infinitive plural third-person
- derivando gerund
- derivados masculine participle past
- derivada feminine participle past
- derivadas feminine participle past
- derivas indicative present second-person
- deriva indicative present singular
- derivamos first-person indicative plural
- derivais indicative plural present
- derivam indicative plural present
- derivava first-person imperfect indicative
- derivavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derivar?
- Brazil /de.ɾiˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [de.ɾiˈva(h)]
- /de.ɾiˈva(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
derivar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).