fortificar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin fortifico, fortificare, from Latin fortis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /foɾ.ti.fiˈka/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fur.ti.fiˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /foɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
Verb
fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, past participle fortificat)
- to fortify
Conjugation
Conjugation of fortificar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | fortificar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | fortificant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fortificat | fortificada | |||||
| plural | fortificats | fortificades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | fortifico | fortifiques | fortifica | fortifiquem | fortifiqueu | fortifiquen | |
| imperfect | fortificava | fortificaves | fortificava | fortificàvem | fortificàveu | fortificaven | |
| future | fortificaré | fortificaràs | fortificarà | fortificarem | fortificareu | fortificaran | |
| preterite | fortifiquí | fortificares | fortificà | fortificàrem | fortificàreu | fortificaren | |
| conditional | fortificaria | fortificaries | fortificaria | fortificaríem | fortificaríeu | fortificarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | fortifiqui | fortifiquis | fortifiqui | fortifiquem | fortifiqueu | fortifiquin | |
| imperfect | fortifiqués | fortifiquessis | fortifiqués | fortifiquéssim | fortifiquéssiu | fortifiquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | fortifica | fortifiqui | fortifiquem | fortifiqueu | fortifiquin | ||
Related terms
- fort
- fortificació
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin fortificāre, from Latin fortis.
Verb
fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiquei, past participle fortificado)
- (transitive) to fortify (to build fortifications in or around a place)
- (transitive) to fortify; to strengthen (to make stronger)
- Synonym: fortalecer
Conjugation
Conjugation of fortificar (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 | fortificar | |||||
| Personal | fortificar | fortificares | fortificar | fortificarmos | fortificardes | fortificarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| fortificando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | fortificado | fortificados | ||||
| Feminine | fortificada | fortificadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | fortifico | fortificas | fortifica | fortificamos | fortificais | fortificam |
| Imperfect | fortificava | fortificavas | fortificava | fortificávamos | fortificáveis | fortificavam |
| Preterite | fortifiquei | fortificaste | fortificou | fortificamos1, fortificámos2 | fortificastes | fortificaram |
| Pluperfect | fortificara | fortificaras | fortificara | fortificáramos | fortificáreis | fortificaram |
| Future | fortificarei | fortificarás | fortificará | fortificaremos | fortificareis | fortificarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| fortificaria | fortificarias | fortificaria | fortificaríamos | fortificaríeis | fortificariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | fortifique | fortifiques | fortifique | fortifiquemos | fortifiqueis | fortifiquem |
| Imperfect | fortificasse | fortificasses | fortificasse | fortificássemos | fortificásseis | fortificassem |
| Future | fortificar | fortificares | fortificar | fortificarmos | fortificardes | fortificarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | fortifica | fortifique | fortifiquemos | fortificai | fortifiquem | |
| Negative (não) | não fortifiques | não fortifique | não fortifiquemos | não fortifiqueis | não fortifiquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- forte
- fortificação
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin fortifico, fortificare, from Latin fortis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [foɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: for‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiqué, past participle fortificado)
- to fortify
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- Los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza...
- The high heavens, that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the stars, render you deserving of the desert your greatness deserves...
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Conjugation
Conjugation of fortificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | fortificar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | fortificando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fortificado | fortificada | |||||
| plural | fortificados | fortificadas | |||||
| 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 | fortifico | fortificastú fortificásvos | fortifica | fortificamos | fortificáis | fortifican | |
| imperfect | fortificaba | fortificabas | fortificaba | fortificábamos | fortificabais | fortificaban | |
| preterite | fortifiqué | fortificaste | fortificó | fortificamos | fortificasteis | fortificaron | |
| future | fortificaré | fortificarás | fortificará | fortificaremos | fortificaréis | fortificarán | |
| conditional | fortificaría | fortificarías | fortificaría | fortificaríamos | fortificaríais | fortificarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | fortifique | fortifiquestú fortifiquésvos2 | fortifique | fortifiquemos | fortifiquéis | fortifiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | fortificara | fortificaras | fortificara | fortificáramos | fortificarais | fortificaran | |
| imperfect (se) | fortificase | fortificases | fortificase | fortificásemos | fortificaseis | fortificasen | |
| future1 | fortificare | fortificares | fortificare | fortificáremos | fortificareis | fortificaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | fortificatú fortificávos | fortifique | fortifiquemos | fortificad | fortifiquen | ||
| negative | no fortifiques | no fortifique | no fortifiquemos | no fortifiquéis | no fortifiquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of fortificar (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 fortificar | |||||||
| dative | fortificarme | fortificarte | fortificarle, fortificarse | fortificarnos | fortificaros | fortificarles, fortificarse | |
| accusative | fortificarme | fortificarte | fortificarlo, fortificarla, fortificarse | fortificarnos | fortificaros | fortificarlos, fortificarlas, fortificarse | |
| with gerund fortificando | |||||||
| dative | fortificándome | fortificándote | fortificándole, fortificándose | fortificándonos | fortificándoos | fortificándoles, fortificándose | |
| accusative | fortificándome | fortificándote | fortificándolo, fortificándola, fortificándose | fortificándonos | fortificándoos | fortificándolos, fortificándolas, fortificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative fortifica | |||||||
| dative | fortifícame | fortifícate | fortifícale | fortifícanos | not used | fortifícales | |
| accusative | fortifícame | fortifícate | fortifícalo, fortifícala | fortifícanos | not used | fortifícalos, fortifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative fortificá | |||||||
| dative | fortificame | fortificate | fortificale | fortificanos | not used | fortificales | |
| accusative | fortificame | fortificate | fortificalo, fortificala | fortificanos | not used | fortificalos, fortificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative fortifique | |||||||
| dative | fortifíqueme | not used | fortifíquele, fortifíquese | fortifíquenos | not used | fortifíqueles | |
| accusative | fortifíqueme | not used | fortifíquelo, fortifíquela, fortifíquese | fortifíquenos | not used | fortifíquelos, fortifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative fortifiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | fortifiquémoste | fortifiquémosle | fortifiquémonos | fortifiquémoos | fortifiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | fortifiquémoste | fortifiquémoslo, fortifiquémosla | fortifiquémonos | fortifiquémoos | fortifiquémoslos, fortifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative fortificad | |||||||
| dative | fortificadme | not used | fortificadle | fortificadnos | fortificaos | fortificadles | |
| accusative | fortificadme | not used | fortificadlo, fortificadla | fortificadnos | fortificaos | fortificadlos, fortificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative fortifiquen | |||||||
| dative | fortifíquenme | not used | fortifíquenle | fortifíquennos | not used | fortifíquenles, fortifíquense | |
| accusative | fortifíquenme | not used | fortifíquenlo, fortifíquenla | fortifíquennos | not used | fortifíquenlos, fortifíquenlas, fortifíquense | |
Related terms
- fortificación
- fuerte
- fuerza
Further reading
- “fortificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014