tonificar

Catalan

Etymology

From to +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tu.ni.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [to.ni.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [to.ni.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

tonificar (first-person singular present tonifico, first-person singular preterite tonifiquí, past participle tonificat)

1. (transitive) to tonify, invigorate, fortify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			tonificar
gerund			tonificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tonificat		tonificada
		plural		tonificats		tonificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tonifico	tonifiques	tonifica	tonifiquem	tonifiqueu	tonifiquen
	imperfect	tonificava	tonificaves	tonificava	tonificàvem	tonificàveu	tonificaven
	future	tonificaré	tonificaràs	tonificarà	tonificarem	tonificareu	tonificaran
	preterite	tonifiquí	tonificares	tonificà	tonificàrem	tonificàreu	tonificaren
	conditional	tonificaria	tonificaries	tonificaria	tonificaríem	tonificaríeu	tonificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tonifiqui	tonifiquis	tonifiqui	tonifiquem	tonifiqueu	tonifiquin
	imperfect	tonifiqués	tonifiquessis	tonifiqués	tonifiquéssim	tonifiquéssiu	tonifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tonifica	tonifiqui	tonifiquem	tonifiqueu	tonifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no tonifiquis	no tonifiqui	no tonifiquem	no tonifiqueu	no tonifiquin

Derived terms

• tonificació
• tonificant

Further reading

• “tonificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tonifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪o.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧ni‧fi‧car

Verb

tonificar (first-person singular present tonifico, first-person singular preterite tonifiqué, past participle tonificado)

1. (transitive) to tone, tone up

   Synonym: entonar

   • 2015 September 16, “Juanetes, calambres y otros males que aparecen al andar, solucionados”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Esta lesión, que básicamente consiste en la sobrecarga del tendón que conecta la rótula con la tibia, se puede evitar "manteniendo la musculatura tonificada y con una buena flexibilidad.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

infinitive			tonificar
gerund			tonificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tonificado		tonificada
		plural		tonificados		tonificadas
		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	tonifico	tonificastú tonificásvos	tonifica	tonificamos	tonificáis	tonifican
	imperfect	tonificaba	tonificabas	tonificaba	tonificábamos	tonificabais	tonificaban
	preterite	tonifiqué	tonificaste	tonificó	tonificamos	tonificasteis	tonificaron
	future	tonificaré	tonificarás	tonificará	tonificaremos	tonificaréis	tonificarán
	conditional	tonificaría	tonificarías	tonificaría	tonificaríamos	tonificaríais	tonificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tonifique	tonifiquestú tonifiquésvos2	tonifique	tonifiquemos	tonifiquéis	tonifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	tonificara	tonificaras	tonificara	tonificáramos	tonificarais	tonificaran
	imperfect (se)	tonificase	tonificases	tonificase	tonificásemos	tonificaseis	tonificasen
	future1	tonificare	tonificares	tonificare	tonificáremos	tonificareis	tonificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tonificatú tonificávos	tonifique	tonifiquemos	tonificad	tonifiquen
	negative		no tonifiques	no tonifique	no tonifiquemos	no tonifiquéis	no tonifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of tonificar (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 tonificar	dative	tonificarme	tonificarte	tonificarle, tonificarse	tonificarnos	tonificaros	tonificarles, tonificarse
	accusative	tonificarme	tonificarte	tonificarlo, tonificarla, tonificarse	tonificarnos	tonificaros	tonificarlos, tonificarlas, tonificarse
with gerund tonificando	dative	tonificándome	tonificándote	tonificándole, tonificándose	tonificándonos	tonificándoos	tonificándoles, tonificándose
	accusative	tonificándome	tonificándote	tonificándolo, tonificándola, tonificándose	tonificándonos	tonificándoos	tonificándolos, tonificándolas, tonificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tonifica	dative	tonifícame	tonifícate	tonifícale	tonifícanos	not used	tonifícales
	accusative	tonifícame	tonifícate	tonifícalo, tonifícala	tonifícanos	not used	tonifícalos, tonifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tonificá	dative	tonificame	tonificate	tonificale	tonificanos	not used	tonificales
	accusative	tonificame	tonificate	tonificalo, tonificala	tonificanos	not used	tonificalos, tonificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tonifique	dative	tonifíqueme	not used	tonifíquele, tonifíquese	tonifíquenos	not used	tonifíqueles
	accusative	tonifíqueme	not used	tonifíquelo, tonifíquela, tonifíquese	tonifíquenos	not used	tonifíquelos, tonifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative tonifiquemos	dative	not used	tonifiquémoste	tonifiquémosle	tonifiquémonos	tonifiquémoos	tonifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	tonifiquémoste	tonifiquémoslo, tonifiquémosla	tonifiquémonos	tonifiquémoos	tonifiquémoslos, tonifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tonificad	dative	tonificadme	not used	tonificadle	tonificadnos	tonificaos	tonificadles
	accusative	tonificadme	not used	tonificadlo, tonificadla	tonificadnos	tonificaos	tonificadlos, tonificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tonifiquen	dative	tonifíquenme	not used	tonifíquenle	tonifíquennos	not used	tonifíquenles, tonifíquense
	accusative	tonifíquenme	not used	tonifíquenlo, tonifíquenla	tonifíquennos	not used	tonifíquenlos, tonifíquenlas, tonifíquense

Derived terms

• tonificación
• tonificador
• tonificante

 

Further reading

• “tonificar”, 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