santificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanctificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sən.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [san.ti.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

santificar (first-person singular present santifico, first-person singular preterite santifiquí, past participle santificat)

1. (transitive) to sanctify (to treat as holy)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			santificar
gerund			santificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		santificat		santificada
		plural		santificats		santificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	santifico	santifiques	santifica	santifiquem	santifiqueu	santifiquen
	imperfect	santificava	santificaves	santificava	santificàvem	santificàveu	santificaven
	future	santificaré	santificaràs	santificarà	santificarem	santificareu	santificaran
	preterite	santifiquí	santificares	santificà	santificàrem	santificàreu	santificaren
	conditional	santificaria	santificaries	santificaria	santificaríem	santificaríeu	santificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	santifiqui	santifiquis	santifiqui	santifiquem	santifiqueu	santifiquin
	imperfect	santifiqués	santifiquessis	santifiqués	santifiquéssim	santifiquéssiu	santifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	santifica	santifiqui	santifiquem	santifiqueu	santifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no santifiquis	no santifiqui	no santifiquem	no santifiqueu	no santifiquin

Related terms

• santificable
• santificació
• santificador
• santificant

Further reading

• “santificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “santificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “santificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “santificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sānctificāre. Doublet of santigar and santiguar. By surface analysis, santo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: san‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

santificar (first-person singular present santifico, first-person singular preterite santifiquei, past participle santificado)

1. (transitive) to sanctify (to treat as holy)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of santificar (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	santificar
Personal	santificar	santificares	santificar	santificarmos	santificardes	santificarem
Gerund
	santificando
Past participle
Masculine	santificado			santificados
Feminine	santificada			santificadas
Indicative
Present	santifico	santificas	santifica	santificamos	santificais	santificam
Imperfect	santificava	santificavas	santificava	santificávamos	santificáveis	santificavam
Preterite	santifiquei	santificaste	santificou	santificamos1, santificámos2	santificastes	santificaram
Pluperfect	santificara	santificaras	santificara	santificáramos	santificáreis	santificaram
Future	santificarei	santificarás	santificará	santificaremos	santificareis	santificarão
Conditional	santificaria	santificarias	santificaria	santificaríamos	santificaríeis	santificariam
Subjunctive
Present	santifique	santifiques	santifique	santifiquemos	santifiqueis	santifiquem
Imperfect	santificasse	santificasses	santificasse	santificássemos	santificásseis	santificassem
Future	santificar	santificares	santificar	santificarmos	santificardes	santificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		santifica	santifique	santifiquemos	santificai	santifiquem
Negative (não)		não santifiques	não santifique	não santifiquemos	não santifiqueis	não santifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• santificação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanctificāre. Compare the inherited santiguar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /santifiˈkaɾ/ [sãn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: san‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

santificar (first-person singular present santifico, first-person singular preterite santifiqué, past participle santificado)

1. (transitive) to sanctify, to hallow, to make holy

Conjugation

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

infinitive			santificar
gerund			santificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		santificado		santificada
		plural		santificados		santificadas
		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	santifico	santificastú santificásvos	santifica	santificamos	santificáis	santifican
	imperfect	santificaba	santificabas	santificaba	santificábamos	santificabais	santificaban
	preterite	santifiqué	santificaste	santificó	santificamos	santificasteis	santificaron
	future	santificaré	santificarás	santificará	santificaremos	santificaréis	santificarán
	conditional	santificaría	santificarías	santificaría	santificaríamos	santificaríais	santificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	santifique	santifiquestú santifiquésvos2	santifique	santifiquemos	santifiquéis	santifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	santificara	santificaras	santificara	santificáramos	santificarais	santificaran
	imperfect (se)	santificase	santificases	santificase	santificásemos	santificaseis	santificasen
	future1	santificare	santificares	santificare	santificáremos	santificareis	santificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		santificatú santificávos	santifique	santifiquemos	santificad	santifiquen
	negative		no santifiques	no santifique	no santifiquemos	no santifiquéis	no santifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of santificar (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 santificar	dative	santificarme	santificarte	santificarle, santificarse	santificarnos	santificaros	santificarles, santificarse
	accusative	santificarme	santificarte	santificarlo, santificarla, santificarse	santificarnos	santificaros	santificarlos, santificarlas, santificarse
with gerund santificando	dative	santificándome	santificándote	santificándole, santificándose	santificándonos	santificándoos	santificándoles, santificándose
	accusative	santificándome	santificándote	santificándolo, santificándola, santificándose	santificándonos	santificándoos	santificándolos, santificándolas, santificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative santifica	dative	santifícame	santifícate	santifícale	santifícanos	not used	santifícales
	accusative	santifícame	santifícate	santifícalo, santifícala	santifícanos	not used	santifícalos, santifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative santificá	dative	santificame	santificate	santificale	santificanos	not used	santificales
	accusative	santificame	santificate	santificalo, santificala	santificanos	not used	santificalos, santificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative santifique	dative	santifíqueme	not used	santifíquele, santifíquese	santifíquenos	not used	santifíqueles
	accusative	santifíqueme	not used	santifíquelo, santifíquela, santifíquese	santifíquenos	not used	santifíquelos, santifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative santifiquemos	dative	not used	santifiquémoste	santifiquémosle	santifiquémonos	santifiquémoos	santifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	santifiquémoste	santifiquémoslo, santifiquémosla	santifiquémonos	santifiquémoos	santifiquémoslos, santifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative santificad	dative	santificadme	not used	santificadle	santificadnos	santificaos	santificadles
	accusative	santificadme	not used	santificadlo, santificadla	santificadnos	santificaos	santificadlos, santificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative santifiquen	dative	santifíquenme	not used	santifíquenle	santifíquennos	not used	santifíquenles, santifíquense
	accusative	santifíquenme	not used	santifíquenlo, santifíquenla	santifíquennos	not used	santifíquenlos, santifíquenlas, santifíquense

Related terms

• santificable
• santificación
• santificador
• santificante
• santificativo
• santo

 

Further reading

• “santificar”, 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