mortificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mortificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mur.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mor.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mortificar (first-person singular present mortifico, first-person singular preterite mortifiquí, past participle mortificat)

1. to mortify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mortificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			mortificar
gerund			mortificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mortificat		mortificada
		plural		mortificats		mortificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mortifico	mortifiques	mortifica	mortifiquem	mortifiqueu	mortifiquen
	imperfect	mortificava	mortificaves	mortificava	mortificàvem	mortificàveu	mortificaven
	future	mortificaré	mortificaràs	mortificarà	mortificarem	mortificareu	mortificaran
	preterite	mortifiquí	mortificares	mortificà	mortificàrem	mortificàreu	mortificaren
	conditional	mortificaria	mortificaries	mortificaria	mortificaríem	mortificaríeu	mortificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mortifiqui	mortifiquis	mortifiqui	mortifiquem	mortifiqueu	mortifiquin
	imperfect	mortifiqués	mortifiquessis	mortifiqués	mortifiquéssim	mortifiquéssiu	mortifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mortifica	mortifiqui	mortifiquem	mortifiqueu	mortifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no mortifiquis	no mortifiqui	no mortifiquem	no mortifiqueu	no mortifiquin

Related terms

• mortificació

Further reading

• “mortificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mortificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mortificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mortificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mortificāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [moh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [moh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [moχ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/

Verb

mortificar (first-person singular present mortifico, first-person singular preterite mortifiquei, past participle mortificado)

1. to mortify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mortificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mortificar
Personal	mortificar	mortificares	mortificar	mortificarmos	mortificardes	mortificarem
Gerund
	mortificando
Past participle
Masculine	mortificado			mortificados
Feminine	mortificada			mortificadas
Indicative
Present	mortifico	mortificas	mortifica	mortificamos	mortificais	mortificam
Imperfect	mortificava	mortificavas	mortificava	mortificávamos	mortificáveis	mortificavam
Preterite	mortifiquei	mortificaste	mortificou	mortificamos1, mortificámos2	mortificastes	mortificaram
Pluperfect	mortificara	mortificaras	mortificara	mortificáramos	mortificáreis	mortificaram
Future	mortificarei	mortificarás	mortificará	mortificaremos	mortificareis	mortificarão
Conditional	mortificaria	mortificarias	mortificaria	mortificaríamos	mortificaríeis	mortificariam
Subjunctive
Present	mortifique	mortifiques	mortifique	mortifiquemos	mortifiqueis	mortifiquem
Imperfect	mortificasse	mortificasses	mortificasse	mortificássemos	mortificásseis	mortificassem
Future	mortificar	mortificares	mortificar	mortificarmos	mortificardes	mortificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mortifica	mortifique	mortifiquemos	mortificai	mortifiquem
Negative (não)		não mortifiques	não mortifique	não mortifiquemos	não mortifiqueis	não mortifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• mortificação

Further reading

• “mortificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mortificāre. Doublet of mortiguar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [moɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mor‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

mortificar (first-person singular present mortifico, first-person singular preterite mortifiqué, past participle mortificado)

1. (transitive) to mortify
2. (transitive) to torment, to annoy
3. (reflexive) to feel ashamed

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mortificar
gerund			mortificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mortificado		mortificada
		plural		mortificados		mortificadas
		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	mortifico	mortificastú mortificásvos	mortifica	mortificamos	mortificáis	mortifican
	imperfect	mortificaba	mortificabas	mortificaba	mortificábamos	mortificabais	mortificaban
	preterite	mortifiqué	mortificaste	mortificó	mortificamos	mortificasteis	mortificaron
	future	mortificaré	mortificarás	mortificará	mortificaremos	mortificaréis	mortificarán
	conditional	mortificaría	mortificarías	mortificaría	mortificaríamos	mortificaríais	mortificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mortifique	mortifiquestú mortifiquésvos2	mortifique	mortifiquemos	mortifiquéis	mortifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	mortificara	mortificaras	mortificara	mortificáramos	mortificarais	mortificaran
	imperfect (se)	mortificase	mortificases	mortificase	mortificásemos	mortificaseis	mortificasen
	future1	mortificare	mortificares	mortificare	mortificáremos	mortificareis	mortificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mortificatú mortificávos	mortifique	mortifiquemos	mortificad	mortifiquen
	negative		no mortifiques	no mortifique	no mortifiquemos	no mortifiquéis	no mortifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of mortificar (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 mortificar
	dative	mortificarme	mortificarte	mortificarle, mortificarse	mortificarnos	mortificaros	mortificarles, mortificarse
	accusative	mortificarme	mortificarte	mortificarlo, mortificarla, mortificarse	mortificarnos	mortificaros	mortificarlos, mortificarlas, mortificarse
with gerund mortificando
	dative	mortificándome	mortificándote	mortificándole, mortificándose	mortificándonos	mortificándoos	mortificándoles, mortificándose
	accusative	mortificándome	mortificándote	mortificándolo, mortificándola, mortificándose	mortificándonos	mortificándoos	mortificándolos, mortificándolas, mortificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mortifica
	dative	mortifícame	mortifícate	mortifícale	mortifícanos	not used	mortifícales
	accusative	mortifícame	mortifícate	mortifícalo, mortifícala	mortifícanos	not used	mortifícalos, mortifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mortificá
	dative	mortificame	mortificate	mortificale	mortificanos	not used	mortificales
	accusative	mortificame	mortificate	mortificalo, mortificala	mortificanos	not used	mortificalos, mortificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mortifique
	dative	mortifíqueme	not used	mortifíquele, mortifíquese	mortifíquenos	not used	mortifíqueles
	accusative	mortifíqueme	not used	mortifíquelo, mortifíquela, mortifíquese	mortifíquenos	not used	mortifíquelos, mortifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative mortifiquemos
	dative	not used	mortifiquémoste	mortifiquémosle	mortifiquémonos	mortifiquémoos	mortifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	mortifiquémoste	mortifiquémoslo, mortifiquémosla	mortifiquémonos	mortifiquémoos	mortifiquémoslos, mortifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mortificad
	dative	mortificadme	not used	mortificadle	mortificadnos	mortificaos	mortificadles
	accusative	mortificadme	not used	mortificadlo, mortificadla	mortificadnos	mortificaos	mortificadlos, mortificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mortifiquen
	dative	mortifíquenme	not used	mortifíquenle	mortifíquennos	not used	mortifíquenles, mortifíquense
	accusative	mortifíquenme	not used	mortifíquenlo, mortifíquenla	mortifíquennos	not used	mortifíquenlos, mortifíquenlas, mortifíquense

Related terms

• mortificación

 

Further reading

• “mortificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16