magnificar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)], /maɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [maɡ.ni.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)], /maɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [maɡ.ni.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ɾ)/, /maɡ.ni.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(χ)], /maɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [maɡ.ni.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɡ.ni.fiˈka(ɻ)/, /ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡni.fiˈkaɾ/ [ma.ɣni.fiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡni.fiˈkaɾ/ [ma.ɣni.fiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡni.fiˈka.ɾi/ [ma.ɣni.fiˈka.ɾi]

Verb

magnificar (first-person singular present magnifico, first-person singular preterite magnifiquei, past participle magnificado)

1. (transitive) to magnify (make larger)

   Synonym: ampliar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of magnificar (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	magnificar
Personal	magnificar	magnificares	magnificar	magnificarmos	magnificardes	magnificarem
Gerund
	magnificando
Past participle
Masculine	magnificado			magnificados
Feminine	magnificada			magnificadas
Indicative
Present	magnifico	magnificas	magnifica	magnificamos	magnificais	magnificam
Imperfect	magnificava	magnificavas	magnificava	magnificávamos	magnificáveis	magnificavam
Preterite	magnifiquei	magnificaste	magnificou	magnificamos1, magnificámos2	magnificastes	magnificaram
Pluperfect	magnificara	magnificaras	magnificara	magnificáramos	magnificáreis	magnificaram
Future	magnificarei	magnificarás	magnificará	magnificaremos	magnificareis	magnificarão
Conditional	magnificaria	magnificarias	magnificaria	magnificaríamos	magnificaríeis	magnificariam
Subjunctive
Present	magnifique	magnifiques	magnifique	magnifiquemos	magnifiqueis	magnifiquem
Imperfect	magnificasse	magnificasses	magnificasse	magnificássemos	magnificásseis	magnificassem
Future	magnificar	magnificares	magnificar	magnificarmos	magnificardes	magnificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		magnifica	magnifique	magnifiquemos	magnificai	magnifiquem
Negative (não)		não magnifiques	não magnifique	não magnifiquemos	não magnifiqueis	não magnifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• magnífico

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin magnificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡnifiˈkaɾ/ [maɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mag‧ni‧fi‧car

Verb

magnificar (first-person singular present magnifico, first-person singular preterite magnifiqué, past participle magnificado)

1. (transitive) to extol, praise

   Synonyms: engrandecer, alabar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			magnificar
gerund			magnificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		magnificado		magnificada
		plural		magnificados		magnificadas
		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	magnifico	magnificastú magnificásvos	magnifica	magnificamos	magnificáis	magnifican
	imperfect	magnificaba	magnificabas	magnificaba	magnificábamos	magnificabais	magnificaban
	preterite	magnifiqué	magnificaste	magnificó	magnificamos	magnificasteis	magnificaron
	future	magnificaré	magnificarás	magnificará	magnificaremos	magnificaréis	magnificarán
	conditional	magnificaría	magnificarías	magnificaría	magnificaríamos	magnificaríais	magnificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	magnifique	magnifiquestú magnifiquésvos2	magnifique	magnifiquemos	magnifiquéis	magnifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	magnificara	magnificaras	magnificara	magnificáramos	magnificarais	magnificaran
	imperfect (se)	magnificase	magnificases	magnificase	magnificásemos	magnificaseis	magnificasen
	future1	magnificare	magnificares	magnificare	magnificáremos	magnificareis	magnificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		magnificatú magnificávos	magnifique	magnifiquemos	magnificad	magnifiquen
	negative		no magnifiques	no magnifique	no magnifiquemos	no magnifiquéis	no magnifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of magnificar (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 magnificar	dative	magnificarme	magnificarte	magnificarle, magnificarse	magnificarnos	magnificaros	magnificarles, magnificarse
	accusative	magnificarme	magnificarte	magnificarlo, magnificarla, magnificarse	magnificarnos	magnificaros	magnificarlos, magnificarlas, magnificarse
with gerund magnificando	dative	magnificándome	magnificándote	magnificándole, magnificándose	magnificándonos	magnificándoos	magnificándoles, magnificándose
	accusative	magnificándome	magnificándote	magnificándolo, magnificándola, magnificándose	magnificándonos	magnificándoos	magnificándolos, magnificándolas, magnificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative magnifica	dative	magnifícame	magnifícate	magnifícale	magnifícanos	not used	magnifícales
	accusative	magnifícame	magnifícate	magnifícalo, magnifícala	magnifícanos	not used	magnifícalos, magnifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative magnificá	dative	magnificame	magnificate	magnificale	magnificanos	not used	magnificales
	accusative	magnificame	magnificate	magnificalo, magnificala	magnificanos	not used	magnificalos, magnificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative magnifique	dative	magnifíqueme	not used	magnifíquele, magnifíquese	magnifíquenos	not used	magnifíqueles
	accusative	magnifíqueme	not used	magnifíquelo, magnifíquela, magnifíquese	magnifíquenos	not used	magnifíquelos, magnifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative magnifiquemos	dative	not used	magnifiquémoste	magnifiquémosle	magnifiquémonos	magnifiquémoos	magnifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	magnifiquémoste	magnifiquémoslo, magnifiquémosla	magnifiquémonos	magnifiquémoos	magnifiquémoslos, magnifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative magnificad	dative	magnificadme	not used	magnificadle	magnificadnos	magnificaos	magnificadles
	accusative	magnificadme	not used	magnificadlo, magnificadla	magnificadnos	magnificaos	magnificadlos, magnificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative magnifiquen	dative	magnifíquenme	not used	magnifíquenle	magnifíquennos	not used	magnifíquenles, magnifíquense
	accusative	magnifíquenme	not used	magnifíquenlo, magnifíquenla	magnifíquennos	not used	magnifíquenlos, magnifíquenlas, magnifíquense

Related terms

• magnificación
• magnífico

 

Further reading

• “magnificar”, 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