tonificar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [tu.ni.fiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [to.ni.fiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [to.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
Verb edit
tonificar (first-person singular present tonifico, first-person singular preterite tonifiquí, past participle tonificat)
- (transitive) to tonify, invigorate, fortify
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tonificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tonificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tonificar (first-person singular present tonifico, first-person singular preterite tonifiqué, past participle tonificado)
- (transitive) to tone, tone up
- Synonym: entonar
- 2015 September 16, “Juanetes, calambres y otros males que aparecen al andar, solucionados”, in El País[1]:
- Esta lesión, que básicamente consiste en la sobrecarga del tendón que conecta la rótula con la tibia, se puede evitar "manteniendo la musculatura tonificada y con una buena flexibilidad.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tonificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of tonificar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tonificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014