confieren

Confieren is a Spanish verb form meaning to confer, grant, or bestow, commonly used to indicate that a person or authority gives or assigns something such as a prize, a title, rights, or an attribute. It is the third-person plural present indicative form of the verb conferir, whose infinitive is conferir. The verb appears in formal, legal, academic, and administrative contexts.

Etymology and sense: Confere derives from Latin conferre, con- (together) + ferre (to bear or carry), originally meaning to bring together or to compare, with the sense evolving in Spanish to include awarding or imparting qualities, privileges, or status to someone or something.

Usage and examples: The word is often paired with nouns like premio, título, derechos, validez, or prestigio. Example sentences: El comité confiere el premio a la investigadora. Las certificaciones confieren validez a la transacción. Estas características confieren prestigio al producto. In legal language, it can express the act of granting authority: La ley confiere a las autoridades la potestad de tomar medidas. The construction “se confieren” can be used to indicate that rights or privileges are conferred upon someone in a passive sense.

Variants and related forms: The present indicative forms include confieres (tú), confiere (él/ella), and confieren (ellos/ellas/ustedes). The present subjunctive plural form is confieran. Conferrar, conferido, and related forms are used to express similar ideas in different tenses and voices.