amplificar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“to make”).
Verb
amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiquí, past participle amplificat)
- (transitive) to amplify (to make bigger)
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “amplificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “amplificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “amplificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “amplificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”). By surface analysis, amplo + -ificar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: am‧pli‧fi‧car
Verb
amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiquei, past participle amplificado)
- (transitive) to amplify (to make bigger)
- (transitive, electronics) to amplify (to increase the amplitude of a signal)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“to make”). By surface analysis, amplio + -ificar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amplifiˈkaɾ/ [ãm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: am‧pli‧fi‧car
Verb
amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiqué, past participle amplificado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive amplificar | |||||||
dative | amplificarme | amplificarte | amplificarle, amplificarse | amplificarnos | amplificaros | amplificarles, amplificarse | |
accusative | amplificarme | amplificarte | amplificarlo, amplificarla, amplificarse | amplificarnos | amplificaros | amplificarlos, amplificarlas, amplificarse | |
with gerund amplificando | |||||||
dative | amplificándome | amplificándote | amplificándole, amplificándose | amplificándonos | amplificándoos | amplificándoles, amplificándose | |
accusative | amplificándome | amplificándote | amplificándolo, amplificándola, amplificándose | amplificándonos | amplificándoos | amplificándolos, amplificándolas, amplificándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amplifica | |||||||
dative | amplifícame | amplifícate | amplifícale | amplifícanos | not used | amplifícales | |
accusative | amplifícame | amplifícate | amplifícalo, amplifícala | amplifícanos | not used | amplifícalos, amplifícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amplificá | |||||||
dative | amplificame | amplificate | amplificale | amplificanos | not used | amplificales | |
accusative | amplificame | amplificate | amplificalo, amplificala | amplificanos | not used | amplificalos, amplificalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative amplifique | |||||||
dative | amplifíqueme | not used | amplifíquele, amplifíquese | amplifíquenos | not used | amplifíqueles | |
accusative | amplifíqueme | not used | amplifíquelo, amplifíquela, amplifíquese | amplifíquenos | not used | amplifíquelos, amplifíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative amplifiquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | amplifiquémoste | amplifiquémosle | amplifiquémonos | amplifiquémoos | amplifiquémosles | |
accusative | not used | amplifiquémoste | amplifiquémoslo, amplifiquémosla | amplifiquémonos | amplifiquémoos | amplifiquémoslos, amplifiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amplificad | |||||||
dative | amplificadme | not used | amplificadle | amplificadnos | amplificaos | amplificadles | |
accusative | amplificadme | not used | amplificadlo, amplificadla | amplificadnos | amplificaos | amplificadlos, amplificadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amplifiquen | |||||||
dative | amplifíquenme | not used | amplifíquenle | amplifíquennos | not used | amplifíquenles, amplifíquense | |
accusative | amplifíquenme | not used | amplifíquenlo, amplifíquenla | amplifíquennos | not used | amplifíquenlos, amplifíquenlas, amplifíquense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “amplificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014