certificar

Catalan

Verb

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiquí, past participle certificat)

1. (transitive) to certify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			certificar
gerund			certificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		certificat		certificada
		plural		certificats		certificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	certifico	certifiques	certifica	certifiquem	certifiqueu	certifiquen
	imperfect	certificava	certificaves	certificava	certificàvem	certificàveu	certificaven
	future	certificaré	certificaràs	certificarà	certificarem	certificareu	certificaran
	preterite	certifiquí	certificares	certificà	certificàrem	certificàreu	certificaren
	conditional	certificaria	certificaries	certificaria	certificaríem	certificaríeu	certificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	certifiqui	certifiquis	certifiqui	certifiquem	certifiqueu	certifiquin
	imperfect	certifiqués	certifiquessis	certifiqués	certifiquéssim	certifiquéssiu	certifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	certifica	certifiqui	certifiquem	certifiqueu	certifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no certifiquis	no certifiqui	no certifiquem	no certifiqueu	no certifiquin

Derived terms

• certificació
• certificat

Further reading

• “certificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin certificāre. By surface analysis, certo (“certain; correct”) +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [seh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [seχ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiquei, past participle certificado)

2. (transitive) to certify; to attest (to assert as true or meeting a standard)

   Synonyms: atestar, asseverar

   O perito certificou a assinatura.

   The specialist certified the signature.

4. (transitive) to certify (to give an official certificate to)

   O ministério não quis certificar a nossa ONG.

   The ministry didn’t want to certify our NGO.

6. (pronominal) to make sure (to check whether something is true or proper) [with de ‘of something’ or de que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’]

   Synonym: garantir

   Certifiquem-se de que a válvula está fechada.

   Make sure the valve is closed.

8. (pronominal) to make sure (to remember to) [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Espero que alguém se certifique de trazer a comida.

   I hope someone makes sure they bring the food.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of certificar (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	certificar
Personal	certificar	certificares	certificar	certificarmos	certificardes	certificarem
Gerund
	certificando
Past participle
Masculine	certificado			certificados
Feminine	certificada			certificadas
Indicative
Present	certifico	certificas	certifica	certificamos	certificais	certificam
Imperfect	certificava	certificavas	certificava	certificávamos	certificáveis	certificavam
Preterite	certifiquei	certificaste	certificou	certificamos1, certificámos2	certificastes	certificaram
Pluperfect	certificara	certificaras	certificara	certificáramos	certificáreis	certificaram
Future	certificarei	certificarás	certificará	certificaremos	certificareis	certificarão
Conditional	certificaria	certificarias	certificaria	certificaríamos	certificaríeis	certificariam
Subjunctive
Present	certifique	certifiques	certifique	certifiquemos	certifiqueis	certifiquem
Imperfect	certificasse	certificasses	certificasse	certificássemos	certificásseis	certificassem
Future	certificar	certificares	certificar	certificarmos	certificardes	certificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		certifica	certifique	certifiquemos	certificai	certifiquem
Negative (não)		não certifiques	não certifique	não certifiquemos	não certifiqueis	não certifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• (not to forget to): lembrar(-se) de

Derived terms

• certificação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin certificāre, a verb based on Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [θeɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [seɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cer‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiqué, past participle certificado)

1. (transitive) to certify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			certificar
gerund			certificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		certificado		certificada
		plural		certificados		certificadas
		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	certifico	certificastú certificásvos	certifica	certificamos	certificáis	certifican
	imperfect	certificaba	certificabas	certificaba	certificábamos	certificabais	certificaban
	preterite	certifiqué	certificaste	certificó	certificamos	certificasteis	certificaron
	future	certificaré	certificarás	certificará	certificaremos	certificaréis	certificarán
	conditional	certificaría	certificarías	certificaría	certificaríamos	certificaríais	certificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	certifique	certifiquestú certifiquésvos2	certifique	certifiquemos	certifiquéis	certifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	certificara	certificaras	certificara	certificáramos	certificarais	certificaran
	imperfect (se)	certificase	certificases	certificase	certificásemos	certificaseis	certificasen
	future1	certificare	certificares	certificare	certificáremos	certificareis	certificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		certificatú certificávos	certifique	certifiquemos	certificad	certifiquen
	negative		no certifiques	no certifique	no certifiquemos	no certifiquéis	no certifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of certificar (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 certificar	dative	certificarme	certificarte	certificarle, certificarse	certificarnos	certificaros	certificarles, certificarse
	accusative	certificarme	certificarte	certificarlo, certificarla, certificarse	certificarnos	certificaros	certificarlos, certificarlas, certificarse
with gerund certificando	dative	certificándome	certificándote	certificándole, certificándose	certificándonos	certificándoos	certificándoles, certificándose
	accusative	certificándome	certificándote	certificándolo, certificándola, certificándose	certificándonos	certificándoos	certificándolos, certificándolas, certificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative certifica	dative	certifícame	certifícate	certifícale	certifícanos	not used	certifícales
	accusative	certifícame	certifícate	certifícalo, certifícala	certifícanos	not used	certifícalos, certifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative certificá	dative	certificame	certificate	certificale	certificanos	not used	certificales
	accusative	certificame	certificate	certificalo, certificala	certificanos	not used	certificalos, certificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative certifique	dative	certifíqueme	not used	certifíquele, certifíquese	certifíquenos	not used	certifíqueles
	accusative	certifíqueme	not used	certifíquelo, certifíquela, certifíquese	certifíquenos	not used	certifíquelos, certifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative certifiquemos	dative	not used	certifiquémoste	certifiquémosle	certifiquémonos	certifiquémoos	certifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	certifiquémoste	certifiquémoslo, certifiquémosla	certifiquémonos	certifiquémoos	certifiquémoslos, certifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative certificad	dative	certificadme	not used	certificadle	certificadnos	certificaos	certificadles
	accusative	certificadme	not used	certificadlo, certificadla	certificadnos	certificaos	certificadlos, certificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative certifiquen	dative	certifíquenme	not used	certifíquenle	certifíquennos	not used	certifíquenles, certifíquense
	accusative	certifíquenme	not used	certifíquenlo, certifíquenla	certifíquennos	not used	certifíquenlos, certifíquenlas, certifíquense

Derived terms

• certificable
• certificación
• certificado
• certificador

Further reading

• “certificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10