nidificar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nīdificāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ni.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ni.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ni.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [ni.ði.fiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ni.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [ni.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ni.di.fiˈka.ɾi/ [ni.ði.fiˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ni‧di‧fi‧car

Verb

nidificar (first-person singular present nidifico, first-person singular preterite nidifiquei, past participle nidificado)

1. to nidify; to build a nest

   Synonym: (colloquial) ninhar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nidificar (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	nidificar
Personal	nidificar	nidificares	nidificar	nidificarmos	nidificardes	nidificarem
Gerund
	nidificando
Past participle
Masculine	nidificado			nidificados
Feminine	nidificada			nidificadas
Indicative
Present	nidifico	nidificas	nidifica	nidificamos	nidificais	nidificam
Imperfect	nidificava	nidificavas	nidificava	nidificávamos	nidificáveis	nidificavam
Preterite	nidifiquei	nidificaste	nidificou	nidificamos1, nidificámos2	nidificastes	nidificaram
Pluperfect	nidificara	nidificaras	nidificara	nidificáramos	nidificáreis	nidificaram
Future	nidificarei	nidificarás	nidificará	nidificaremos	nidificareis	nidificarão
Conditional	nidificaria	nidificarias	nidificaria	nidificaríamos	nidificaríeis	nidificariam
Subjunctive
Present	nidifique	nidifiques	nidifique	nidifiquemos	nidifiqueis	nidifiquem
Imperfect	nidificasse	nidificasses	nidificasse	nidificássemos	nidificásseis	nidificassem
Future	nidificar	nidificares	nidificar	nidificarmos	nidificardes	nidificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		nidifica	nidifique	nidifiquemos	nidificai	nidifiquem
Negative (não)		não nidifiques	não nidifique	não nidifiquemos	não nidifiqueis	não nidifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• nidificação
• nidificante

Related terms

• ninho

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nīdificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nidifiˈkaɾ/ [ni.ð̞i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ni‧di‧fi‧car

Verb

nidificar (first-person singular present nidifico, first-person singular preterite nidifiqué, past participle nidificado)

1. to nidify; to build a nest

Conjugation

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

infinitive			nidificar
gerund			nidificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nidificado		nidificada
		plural		nidificados		nidificadas
		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	nidifico	nidificastú nidificásvos	nidifica	nidificamos	nidificáis	nidifican
	imperfect	nidificaba	nidificabas	nidificaba	nidificábamos	nidificabais	nidificaban
	preterite	nidifiqué	nidificaste	nidificó	nidificamos	nidificasteis	nidificaron
	future	nidificaré	nidificarás	nidificará	nidificaremos	nidificaréis	nidificarán
	conditional	nidificaría	nidificarías	nidificaría	nidificaríamos	nidificaríais	nidificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nidifique	nidifiquestú nidifiquésvos2	nidifique	nidifiquemos	nidifiquéis	nidifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	nidificara	nidificaras	nidificara	nidificáramos	nidificarais	nidificaran
	imperfect (se)	nidificase	nidificases	nidificase	nidificásemos	nidificaseis	nidificasen
	future1	nidificare	nidificares	nidificare	nidificáremos	nidificareis	nidificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nidificatú nidificávos	nidifique	nidifiquemos	nidificad	nidifiquen
	negative		no nidifiques	no nidifique	no nidifiquemos	no nidifiquéis	no nidifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of nidificar (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 nidificar	dative	nidificarme	nidificarte	nidificarle, nidificarse	nidificarnos	nidificaros	nidificarles, nidificarse
	accusative	nidificarme	nidificarte	nidificarlo, nidificarla, nidificarse	nidificarnos	nidificaros	nidificarlos, nidificarlas, nidificarse
with gerund nidificando	dative	nidificándome	nidificándote	nidificándole, nidificándose	nidificándonos	nidificándoos	nidificándoles, nidificándose
	accusative	nidificándome	nidificándote	nidificándolo, nidificándola, nidificándose	nidificándonos	nidificándoos	nidificándolos, nidificándolas, nidificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative nidifica	dative	nidifícame	nidifícate	nidifícale	nidifícanos	not used	nidifícales
	accusative	nidifícame	nidifícate	nidifícalo, nidifícala	nidifícanos	not used	nidifícalos, nidifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative nidificá	dative	nidificame	nidificate	nidificale	nidificanos	not used	nidificales
	accusative	nidificame	nidificate	nidificalo, nidificala	nidificanos	not used	nidificalos, nidificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative nidifique	dative	nidifíqueme	not used	nidifíquele, nidifíquese	nidifíquenos	not used	nidifíqueles
	accusative	nidifíqueme	not used	nidifíquelo, nidifíquela, nidifíquese	nidifíquenos	not used	nidifíquelos, nidifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative nidifiquemos	dative	not used	nidifiquémoste	nidifiquémosle	nidifiquémonos	nidifiquémoos	nidifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	nidifiquémoste	nidifiquémoslo, nidifiquémosla	nidifiquémonos	nidifiquémoos	nidifiquémoslos, nidifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nidificad	dative	nidificadme	not used	nidificadle	nidificadnos	nidificaos	nidificadles
	accusative	nidificadme	not used	nidificadlo, nidificadla	nidificadnos	nidificaos	nidificadlos, nidificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative nidifiquen	dative	nidifíquenme	not used	nidifíquenle	nidifíquennos	not used	nidifíquenles, nidifíquense
	accusative	nidifíquenme	not used	nidifíquenlo, nidifíquenla	nidifíquennos	not used	nidifíquenlos, nidifíquenlas, nidifíquense

Related terms

• nido

 

Further reading

• “nidificar”, 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