fortificar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin fortificāre, from Latin fortis.
Pronunciation
Verb
fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiquí, past participle fortificat)
- to fortify
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin fortificāre, from Latin fortis. By surface analysis, forte + -ificar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [foh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [foχ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: for‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiquei, past participle fortificado)
- (transitive) to fortify; to strengthen (to make stronger)
- (transitive) to fortify (to build fortifications in or around a place)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin fortificāre, from Latin fortis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [foɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: for‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiqué, past participle fortificado)
- to fortify
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I
”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- Los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza...
- The high heavens, that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the stars, render you deserving of the desert your greatness deserves...
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 fortificar | |||||||
dative | fortificarme | fortificarte | fortificarle, fortificarse | fortificarnos | fortificaros | fortificarles, fortificarse | |
accusative | fortificarme | fortificarte | fortificarlo, fortificarla, fortificarse | fortificarnos | fortificaros | fortificarlos, fortificarlas, fortificarse | |
with gerund fortificando | |||||||
dative | fortificándome | fortificándote | fortificándole, fortificándose | fortificándonos | fortificándoos | fortificándoles, fortificándose | |
accusative | fortificándome | fortificándote | fortificándolo, fortificándola, fortificándose | fortificándonos | fortificándoos | fortificándolos, fortificándolas, fortificándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fortifica | |||||||
dative | fortifícame | fortifícate | fortifícale | fortifícanos | not used | fortifícales | |
accusative | fortifícame | fortifícate | fortifícalo, fortifícala | fortifícanos | not used | fortifícalos, fortifícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fortificá | |||||||
dative | fortificame | fortificate | fortificale | fortificanos | not used | fortificales | |
accusative | fortificame | fortificate | fortificalo, fortificala | fortificanos | not used | fortificalos, fortificalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative fortifique | |||||||
dative | fortifíqueme | not used | fortifíquele, fortifíquese | fortifíquenos | not used | fortifíqueles | |
accusative | fortifíqueme | not used | fortifíquelo, fortifíquela, fortifíquese | fortifíquenos | not used | fortifíquelos, fortifíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative fortifiquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | fortifiquémoste | fortifiquémosle | fortifiquémonos | fortifiquémoos | fortifiquémosles | |
accusative | not used | fortifiquémoste | fortifiquémoslo, fortifiquémosla | fortifiquémonos | fortifiquémoos | fortifiquémoslos, fortifiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative fortificad | |||||||
dative | fortificadme | not used | fortificadle | fortificadnos | fortificaos | fortificadles | |
accusative | fortificadme | not used | fortificadlo, fortificadla | fortificadnos | fortificaos | fortificadlos, fortificadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative fortifiquen | |||||||
dative | fortifíquenme | not used | fortifíquenle | fortifíquennos | not used | fortifíquenles, fortifíquense | |
accusative | fortifíquenme | not used | fortifíquenlo, fortifíquenla | fortifíquennos | not used | fortifíquenlos, fortifíquenlas, fortifíquense |
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Further reading
- “fortificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014