ramificar

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Verb

ramificar

1. only used in es ... ramificar, syntactic variant of ramificar-se, infinitive of ramificar-se

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rāmificāre (“to branch, ramify”). By surface analysis, ramo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.mi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ha.mi.fiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.mi.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.mi.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.mi.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ra‧mi‧fi‧car

Verb

ramificar (first-person singular present ramifico, first-person singular preterite ramifiquei, past participle ramificado)

1. to branch
2. to ramify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ramificar (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	ramificar
Personal	ramificar	ramificares	ramificar	ramificarmos	ramificardes	ramificarem
Gerund
	ramificando
Past participle
Masculine	ramificado			ramificados
Feminine	ramificada			ramificadas
Indicative
Present	ramifico	ramificas	ramifica	ramificamos	ramificais	ramificam
Imperfect	ramificava	ramificavas	ramificava	ramificávamos	ramificáveis	ramificavam
Preterite	ramifiquei	ramificaste	ramificou	ramificamos1, ramificámos2	ramificastes	ramificaram
Pluperfect	ramificara	ramificaras	ramificara	ramificáramos	ramificáreis	ramificaram
Future	ramificarei	ramificarás	ramificará	ramificaremos	ramificareis	ramificarão
Conditional	ramificaria	ramificarias	ramificaria	ramificaríamos	ramificaríeis	ramificariam
Subjunctive
Present	ramifique	ramifiques	ramifique	ramifiquemos	ramifiqueis	ramifiquem
Imperfect	ramificasse	ramificasses	ramificasse	ramificássemos	ramificásseis	ramificassem
Future	ramificar	ramificares	ramificar	ramificarmos	ramificardes	ramificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ramifica	ramifique	ramifiquemos	ramificai	ramifiquem
Negative (não)		não ramifiques	não ramifique	não ramifiquemos	não ramifiqueis	não ramifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• ramo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ramificare (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + faciō (“do, make”). Equivalent to ramo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ramifiˈkaɾ/ [ra.mi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧mi‧fi‧car

Verb

ramificar (first-person singular present ramifico, first-person singular preterite ramifiqué, past participle ramificado)

1. to ramify
2. to have ramifications or consequences
3. to have branches

Conjugation

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

infinitive			ramificar
gerund			ramificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ramificado		ramificada
		plural		ramificados		ramificadas
		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	ramifico	ramificastú ramificásvos	ramifica	ramificamos	ramificáis	ramifican
	imperfect	ramificaba	ramificabas	ramificaba	ramificábamos	ramificabais	ramificaban
	preterite	ramifiqué	ramificaste	ramificó	ramificamos	ramificasteis	ramificaron
	future	ramificaré	ramificarás	ramificará	ramificaremos	ramificaréis	ramificarán
	conditional	ramificaría	ramificarías	ramificaría	ramificaríamos	ramificaríais	ramificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ramifique	ramifiquestú ramifiquésvos2	ramifique	ramifiquemos	ramifiquéis	ramifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	ramificara	ramificaras	ramificara	ramificáramos	ramificarais	ramificaran
	imperfect (se)	ramificase	ramificases	ramificase	ramificásemos	ramificaseis	ramificasen
	future1	ramificare	ramificares	ramificare	ramificáremos	ramificareis	ramificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ramificatú ramificávos	ramifique	ramifiquemos	ramificad	ramifiquen
	negative		no ramifiques	no ramifique	no ramifiquemos	no ramifiquéis	no ramifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of ramificar (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 ramificar
	dative	ramificarme	ramificarte	ramificarle, ramificarse	ramificarnos	ramificaros	ramificarles, ramificarse
	accusative	ramificarme	ramificarte	ramificarlo, ramificarla, ramificarse	ramificarnos	ramificaros	ramificarlos, ramificarlas, ramificarse
with gerund ramificando
	dative	ramificándome	ramificándote	ramificándole, ramificándose	ramificándonos	ramificándoos	ramificándoles, ramificándose
	accusative	ramificándome	ramificándote	ramificándolo, ramificándola, ramificándose	ramificándonos	ramificándoos	ramificándolos, ramificándolas, ramificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ramifica
	dative	ramifícame	ramifícate	ramifícale	ramifícanos	not used	ramifícales
	accusative	ramifícame	ramifícate	ramifícalo, ramifícala	ramifícanos	not used	ramifícalos, ramifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ramificá
	dative	ramificame	ramificate	ramificale	ramificanos	not used	ramificales
	accusative	ramificame	ramificate	ramificalo, ramificala	ramificanos	not used	ramificalos, ramificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ramifique
	dative	ramifíqueme	not used	ramifíquele, ramifíquese	ramifíquenos	not used	ramifíqueles
	accusative	ramifíqueme	not used	ramifíquelo, ramifíquela, ramifíquese	ramifíquenos	not used	ramifíquelos, ramifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative ramifiquemos
	dative	not used	ramifiquémoste	ramifiquémosle	ramifiquémonos	ramifiquémoos	ramifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	ramifiquémoste	ramifiquémoslo, ramifiquémosla	ramifiquémonos	ramifiquémoos	ramifiquémoslos, ramifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ramificad
	dative	ramificadme	not used	ramificadle	ramificadnos	ramificaos	ramificadles
	accusative	ramificadme	not used	ramificadlo, ramificadla	ramificadnos	ramificaos	ramificadlos, ramificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ramifiquen
	dative	ramifíquenme	not used	ramifíquenle	ramifíquennos	not used	ramifíquenles, ramifíquense
	accusative	ramifíquenme	not used	ramifíquenlo, ramifíquenla	ramifíquennos	not used	ramifíquenlos, ramifíquenlas, ramifíquense

Related terms

• rama
• ramada
• ramo

 

Further reading

• “ramificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16