-ificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -ificāre, from faciō, facere (“make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.fiˈkaɾ]

Suffix

-ificar

1. -ify, -fy

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ificar

Interlingua

Suffix

-ificar

1. Added to a noun root word, this forms a verb meaning to transform or convert the object of the verb into the root.
2. Added to an adjectival root word, this forms a verb meaning to render/make (adjective) the object of the verb.

See also

• -ar
• -isar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin -ificāre, from facere (“to make; to do”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈkaɾ/, /ɨ.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈkaɾ/, /ɨ.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.fiˈka.ɾi/, /ɨ.fiˈka.ɾi/

Suffix

-ificar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ifico, first-person singular preterite -ifiquei, past participle -ificado)

1. -ify (forms verbs, from adjectives, indicating process of causing an object to gain the given characteristic)

   ‎falso (“false”) + ‎-ificar → ‎falsificar (“to falsify”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ificar

Related terms

• fazer

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish -ificar, borrowed from Latin -ificāre, from faciō, facere (“make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ifiˈkaɾ/ [i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: -i‧fi‧car

Suffix

-ificar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ifico, first-person singular preterite -ifiqué, past participle -ificado)

1. -ify, -fy (forms verbs with the meaning of to turn into, to transform into)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of -ificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			-ificar
gerund			-ificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		-ificado		-ificada
		plural		-ificados		-ificadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	-ifico	-ificastú -ificásvos	-ifica	-ificamos	-ificáis	-ifican
	imperfect	-ificaba	-ificabas	-ificaba	-ificábamos	-ificabais	-ificaban
	preterite	-ifiqué	-ificaste	-ificó	-ificamos	-ificasteis	-ificaron
	future	-ificaré	-ificarás	-ificará	-ificaremos	-ificaréis	-ificarán
	conditional	-ificaría	-ificarías	-ificaría	-ificaríamos	-ificaríais	-ificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	-ifique	-ifiquestú -ifiquésvos2	-ifique	-ifiquemos	-ifiquéis	-ifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	-ificara	-ificaras	-ificara	-ificáramos	-ificarais	-ificaran
	imperfect (se)	-ificase	-ificases	-ificase	-ificásemos	-ificaseis	-ificasen
	future1	-ificare	-ificares	-ificare	-ificáremos	-ificareis	-ificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		-ificatú -ificávos	-ifique	-ifiquemos	-ificad	-ifiquen
	negative		no -ifiques	no -ifique	no -ifiquemos	no -ifiquéis	no -ifiquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of -ificar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive -ificar
	dative	-ificarme	-ificarte	-ificarle, -ificarse	-ificarnos	-ificaros	-ificarles, -ificarse
	accusative	-ificarme	-ificarte	-ificarlo, -ificarla, -ificarse	-ificarnos	-ificaros	-ificarlos, -ificarlas, -ificarse
with gerund -ificando
	dative	-ificándome	-ificándote	-ificándole, -ificándose	-ificándonos	-ificándoos	-ificándoles, -ificándose
	accusative	-ificándome	-ificándote	-ificándolo, -ificándola, -ificándose	-ificándonos	-ificándoos	-ificándolos, -ificándolas, -ificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative -ifica
	dative	-ifícame	-ifícate	-ifícale	-ifícanos	not used	-ifícales
	accusative	-ifícame	-ifícate	-ifícalo, -ifícala	-ifícanos	not used	-ifícalos, -ifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative -ificá
	dative	-ificame	-ificate	-ificale	-ificanos	not used	-ificales
	accusative	-ificame	-ificate	-ificalo, -ificala	-ificanos	not used	-ificalos, -ificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative -ifique
	dative	-ifíqueme	not used	-ifíquele, -ifíquese	-ifíquenos	not used	-ifíqueles
	accusative	-ifíqueme	not used	-ifíquelo, -ifíquela, -ifíquese	-ifíquenos	not used	-ifíquelos, -ifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative -ifiquemos
	dative	not used	-ifiquémoste	-ifiquémosle	-ifiquémonos	-ifiquémoos	-ifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	-ifiquémoste	-ifiquémoslo, -ifiquémosla	-ifiquémonos	-ifiquémoos	-ifiquémoslos, -ifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative -ificad
	dative	-ificadme	not used	-ificadle	-ificadnos	-ificaos	-ificadles
	accusative	-ificadme	not used	-ificadlo, -ificadla	-ificadnos	-ificaos	-ificadlos, -ificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative -ifiquen
	dative	-ifíquenme	not used	-ifíquenle	-ifíquennos	not used	-ifíquenles, -ifíquense
	accusative	-ifíquenme	not used	-ifíquenlo, -ifíquenla	-ifíquennos	not used	-ifíquenlos, -ifíquenlas, -ifíquense

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ificar