sofisticar
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticāre, from sophisticus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [su.fis.tiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [so.fis.tiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [so.fis.tiˈkaɾ]
Verb
[edit]sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiquí, past participle sofisticat)
- (intransitive) to sophisticate (practice sophistry)
- (transitive) to adulterate
- Synonyms: adulterar, desnaturalitzar
- (transitive) to improve, to perfect
- Synonym: perfeccionar
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sofisticar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sofisticar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French sophistiquer or from sofístico + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: so‧fis‧ti‧car
Verb
[edit]sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiquei, past participle sofisticado)
- (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of sofismar
- (transitive) to treat with subtlety
- (transitive) to falsify, adulterate
- (transitive, reflexive) to refine to the maximum; arrange with refinement, improve
- (transitive, reflexive) to sophisticate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sofisticar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiqué, past participle sofisticado)
- (transitive) to sophisticate
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of sofisticar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of sofisticar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
[edit]- “sofisticar”, 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
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