rarificar

Spanish

Etymology

From raro +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

rarificar (first-person singular present rarifico, first-person singular preterite rarifiqué, past participle rarificado)

1. (transitive) to rarefy

Conjugation

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

infinitive			rarificar
gerund			rarificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rarificado		rarificada
		plural		rarificados		rarificadas
		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	rarifico	rarificastú rarificásvos	rarifica	rarificamos	rarificáis	rarifican
	imperfect	rarificaba	rarificabas	rarificaba	rarificábamos	rarificabais	rarificaban
	preterite	rarifiqué	rarificaste	rarificó	rarificamos	rarificasteis	rarificaron
	future	rarificaré	rarificarás	rarificará	rarificaremos	rarificaréis	rarificarán
	conditional	rarificaría	rarificarías	rarificaría	rarificaríamos	rarificaríais	rarificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rarifique	rarifiquestú rarifiquésvos2	rarifique	rarifiquemos	rarifiquéis	rarifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	rarificara	rarificaras	rarificara	rarificáramos	rarificarais	rarificaran
	imperfect (se)	rarificase	rarificases	rarificase	rarificásemos	rarificaseis	rarificasen
	future1	rarificare	rarificares	rarificare	rarificáremos	rarificareis	rarificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rarificatú rarificávos	rarifique	rarifiquemos	rarificad	rarifiquen
	negative		no rarifiques	no rarifique	no rarifiquemos	no rarifiquéis	no rarifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of rarificar (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 rarificar
	dative	rarificarme	rarificarte	rarificarle, rarificarse	rarificarnos	rarificaros	rarificarles, rarificarse
	accusative	rarificarme	rarificarte	rarificarlo, rarificarla, rarificarse	rarificarnos	rarificaros	rarificarlos, rarificarlas, rarificarse
with gerund rarificando
	dative	rarificándome	rarificándote	rarificándole, rarificándose	rarificándonos	rarificándoos	rarificándoles, rarificándose
	accusative	rarificándome	rarificándote	rarificándolo, rarificándola, rarificándose	rarificándonos	rarificándoos	rarificándolos, rarificándolas, rarificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rarifica
	dative	rarifícame	rarifícate	rarifícale	rarifícanos	not used	rarifícales
	accusative	rarifícame	rarifícate	rarifícalo, rarifícala	rarifícanos	not used	rarifícalos, rarifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rarificá
	dative	rarificame	rarificate	rarificale	rarificanos	not used	rarificales
	accusative	rarificame	rarificate	rarificalo, rarificala	rarificanos	not used	rarificalos, rarificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rarifique
	dative	rarifíqueme	not used	rarifíquele, rarifíquese	rarifíquenos	not used	rarifíqueles
	accusative	rarifíqueme	not used	rarifíquelo, rarifíquela, rarifíquese	rarifíquenos	not used	rarifíquelos, rarifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative rarifiquemos
	dative	not used	rarifiquémoste	rarifiquémosle	rarifiquémonos	rarifiquémoos	rarifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	rarifiquémoste	rarifiquémoslo, rarifiquémosla	rarifiquémonos	rarifiquémoos	rarifiquémoslos, rarifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rarificad
	dative	rarificadme	not used	rarificadle	rarificadnos	rarificaos	rarificadles
	accusative	rarificadme	not used	rarificadlo, rarificadla	rarificadnos	rarificaos	rarificadlos, rarificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rarifiquen
	dative	rarifíquenme	not used	rarifíquenle	rarifíquennos	not used	rarifíquenles, rarifíquense
	accusative	rarifíquenme	not used	rarifíquenlo, rarifíquenla	rarifíquennos	not used	rarifíquenlos, rarifíquenlas, rarifíquense

Derived terms

• rarificativo

 

Further reading

• “rarificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28