Interlingua
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-ificar
- Added to a noun root word, this forms a verb meaning to transform or convert the object of the verb into the root.
- Added to an adjectival root word, this forms a verb meaning to render/make (adjective) the object of the verb.
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Portuguese
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Etymology
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Inherited from Old Spanish -ificar, borrowed from Latin -ificāre, from faciō, facere (“make”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ifiˈkaɾ/ [i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: -i‧fi‧car
-ificar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ifico, first-person singular preterite -ifiqué, past participle -ificado)
- -ify, -fy (forms verbs with the meaning of to turn into, to transform into)
Conjugation
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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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive -ificar
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dative
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-ificarme
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-ificarte
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-ificarle, -ificarse
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-ificarnos
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-ificaros
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-ificarles, -ificarse
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accusative
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-ificarme
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-ificarte
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-ificarlo, -ificarla, -ificarse
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-ificarnos
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-ificaros
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-ificarlos, -ificarlas, -ificarse
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with gerund -ificando
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dative
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-ificándome
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-ificándote
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-ificándole, -ificándose
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-ificándonos
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-ificándoos
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-ificándoles, -ificándose
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accusative
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-ificándome
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-ificándote
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-ificándolo, -ificándola, -ificándose
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-ificándonos
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-ificándoos
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-ificándolos, -ificándolas, -ificándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative -ifica
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dative
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-ifícame
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-ifícate
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-ifícale
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-ifícanos
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not used
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-ifícales
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accusative
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-ifícame
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-ifícate
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-ifícalo, -ifícala
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-ifícanos
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not used
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-ifícalos, -ifícalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative -ificá
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dative
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-ificame
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-ificate
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-ificale
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-ificanos
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not used
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-ificales
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accusative
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-ificame
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-ificate
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-ificalo, -ificala
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-ificanos
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not used
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-ificalos, -ificalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative -ifique
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dative
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-ifíqueme
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not used
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-ifíquele, -ifíquese
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-ifíquenos
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not used
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-ifíqueles
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accusative
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-ifíqueme
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not used
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-ifíquelo, -ifíquela, -ifíquese
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-ifíquenos
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not used
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-ifíquelos, -ifíquelas
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with first-person plural imperative -ifiquemos
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dative
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not used
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-ifiquémoste
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-ifiquémosle
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-ifiquémonos
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-ifiquémoos
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-ifiquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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-ifiquémoste
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-ifiquémoslo, -ifiquémosla
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-ifiquémonos
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-ifiquémoos
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-ifiquémoslos, -ifiquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative -ificad
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dative
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-ificadme
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not used
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-ificadle
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-ificadnos
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-ificaos
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-ificadles
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accusative
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-ificadme
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not used
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-ificadlo, -ificadla
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-ificadnos
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-ificaos
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-ificadlos, -ificadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative -ifiquen
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dative
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-ifíquenme
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not used
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-ifíquenle
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-ifíquennos
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not used
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-ifíquenles, -ifíquense
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accusative
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-ifíquenme
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not used
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-ifíquenlo, -ifíquenla
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-ifíquennos
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not used
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-ifíquenlos, -ifíquenlas, -ifíquense
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Derived terms
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