justificar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ʒus.ti.fiˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒus.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
Verb
justificar (first-person singular present justifico, past participle justificat)
- to justify
Conjugation
Conjugation of justificar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | justificar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | justificant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | justificat | justificada | |||||
| plural | justificats | justificades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | justifico | justifiques | justifica | justifiquem | justifiqueu | justifiquen | |
| imperfect | justificava | justificaves | justificava | justificàvem | justificàveu | justificaven | |
| future | justificaré | justificaràs | justificarà | justificarem | justificareu | justificaran | |
| preterite | justifiquí | justificares | justificà | justificàrem | justificàreu | justificaren | |
| conditional | justificaria | justificaries | justificaria | justificaríem | justificaríeu | justificarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | justifiqui | justifiquis | justifiqui | justifiquem | justifiqueu | justifiquin | |
| imperfect | justifiqués | justifiquessis | justifiqués | justifiquéssim | justifiquéssiu | justifiquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | justifica | justifiqui | justifiquem | justifiqueu | justifiquin | ||
Derived terms
- justificable
Related terms
- justificació
- just
Further reading
- “justificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “justificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “justificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “justificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.
Pronunciation
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Verb
justificar
- to justify
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | justificar | aver justificat | |||||
| gerund | justificant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | justificat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | justifiqui | justificas | justifica | justificam | justificatz | justifican | |
| imperfect | justificavi | justificavas | justificava | justificàvem | justificàvetz | justificavan | |
| preterite | justifiquèri | justifiquères | justifiquèt | justifiquèrem | justifiquèretz | justifiquèron | |
| future | justificarai | justificaràs | justificarà | justificarem | justificaretz | justificaràn | |
| conditional | justificariái | justificariás | justificariá | justificariam | justificariatz | justificarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | justifiquèra | justifiquèras | justifiquèra | justifiqueram | justifiqueratz | justifiquèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | justifique | justifiques | justifique | justifiquem | justifiquetz | justifiquen | |
| imperfect | justifiquèssi | justifiquèsses | justifiquèsse | justifiquèssem | justifiquèssetz | justifiquèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| justifica | justifiquem | justificatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | justificar | aver justificat | |||||
| gerund | justificant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | justificat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | justifique | justifiques | justifica | justificam | justificatz | justificon | |
| imperfect | justificave | justificaves | justificava | justificaviam | justificaviatz | justificavon | |
| preterite | justifiquere | justifiqueres | justifiquet | justifiquem | justifiquetz | justifiqueron | |
| future | justificarai | justificaràs | justificará | justificarem | justificaretz | justificarán | |
| conditional | justificariá | justificariás | justificariá | justificariam | justificariatz | justificarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | justifiquèra | justifiquèras | justifiquèra | justifiqueram | justifiqueratz | justifiquèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | justifique | justifiques | justifique | justificassiam | justificassiatz | justificon | |
| imperfect | justifiquesse | justifiquesses | justifiquesse | justifiquessiam | justifiquessiatz | justifiquesson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| justifica | justificassiam | justificatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | justificar | aver justificat | |||||
| gerund | justificant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | justificat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | justifiqui | justificas | justifica | justificam | justificatz | justifican | |
| imperfect | justificavi | justificavas | justificava | justificàvam | justificàvatz | justificavan | |
| preterite | justifiquèi | justifiquès | justifiquè | justifiquèm | justifiquètz | justifiquèn | |
| future | justificarèi | justificaràs | justificarà | justificaram | justificaratz | justificaràn | |
| conditional | justificarí | justificarés | justificaré | justificarem | justificaretz | justificarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | justifiquèra | justifiquèras | justifiquèra | justifiqueram | justifiqueratz | justifiquèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | justifiqui | justifiques | justifique | justifiquem | justifiquetz | justifiquen | |
| imperfect | justifiquèssi | justifiquèsses | justifiquèsse | justifiquèssem | justifiquèssetz | justifiquèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| justifica | justifiquem | justificatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | justificar | aver justificat | |||||
| gerund | justificant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | justificat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | justifique | justificas | justifica | justificam | justificatz | justifican | |
| imperfect | justificava | justificavas | justificava | justificàvam | justificàvatz | justificavan | |
| preterite | justifiquei | justifiqueras | justifiquet | justifiquèram | justifiquèratz | justifiqueran | |
| future | justificarai | justificaràs | justificará | justificarem | justificaretz | justificarán | |
| conditional | justificariá | justificariàs | justificariá | justificariam | justificariatz | justificarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | justifiquèra | justifiquèras | justifiquèra | justifiqueram | justifiqueratz | justifiquèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | justifique | justifiques | justifique | justifiquem | justifiquetz | justifiquen | |
| imperfect | justifiquèsse | justifiquèsses | justifiquèsse | justifiquèssem | justifiquèssetz | justifiquèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| justifica | justifiquem | justificatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | justificar | aver justificat | |||||
| gerund | justificant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | justificat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | justifique | justifiques | justifica | justificam | justificatz | justifican | |
| imperfect | justificavi | justificavas | justificava | justificàvem | justificàvetz | justificavan | |
| preterite | justifiquère | justifiquères | justifiquèt | justifiqueriam | justifiqueriatz | justifiquèron | |
| future | justificarai | justificaràs | justificarà | justificarem | justificaretz | justificaràn | |
| conditional | justificariáu | justificariás | justificariá | justificariam | justificariatz | justificarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | justifiquèra | justifiquèras | justifiquèra | justifiqueram | justifiqueratz | justifiquèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | justifique | justifiques | justifique | justifiquem | justifiquetz | justifican | |
| imperfect | justifiquèsse | justifiquèsses | justifiquèsse | justifiquessiam | justifiquessiatz | justifiquèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| justifica | justifiquem | justificatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
- justificacion
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificāre, from Latin iūstus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒuʃ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒuʃ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒuʃ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
- Hyphenation: jus‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
justificar (first-person singular present justifico, first-person singular preterite justifiquei, past participle justificado)
- to justify
- to warrant
- (intransitive, Brazil) to justify (to formally declare why one did not vote in the elections, to retain one's rights associated with voting)
- Faz anos que eu justifico, meu título de eleitor é de outro estado.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
Conjugation of justificar (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 | justificar | |||||
| Personal | justificar | justificares | justificar | justificarmos | justificardes | justificarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| justificando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | justificado | justificados | ||||
| Feminine | justificada | justificadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | justifico | justificas | justifica | justificamos | justificais | justificam |
| Imperfect | justificava | justificavas | justificava | justificávamos | justificáveis | justificavam |
| Preterite | justifiquei | justificaste | justificou | justificamos1, justificámos2 | justificastes | justificaram |
| Pluperfect | justificara | justificaras | justificara | justificáramos | justificáreis | justificaram |
| Future | justificarei | justificarás | justificará | justificaremos | justificareis | justificarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| justificaria | justificarias | justificaria | justificaríamos | justificaríeis | justificariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | justifique | justifiques | justifique | justifiquemos | justifiqueis | justifiquem |
| Imperfect | justificasse | justificasses | justificasse | justificássemos | justificásseis | justificassem |
| Future | justificar | justificares | justificar | justificarmos | justificardes | justificarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | justifica | justifique | justifiquemos | justificai | justifiquem | |
| Negative (não) | não justifiques | não justifique | não justifiquemos | não justifiqueis | não justifiquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:justificar.
Related terms
- justificação
- justo
Further reading
- “justificar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xustifiˈkaɾ/ [xus.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: jus‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
justificar (first-person singular present justifico, first-person singular preterite justifiqué, past participle justificado)
- to justify
- to account for
Conjugation
Conjugation of justificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | justificar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | justificando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | justificado | justificada | |||||
| plural | justificados | justificadas | |||||
| 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 | justifico | justificastú justificásvos | justifica | justificamos | justificáis | justifican | |
| imperfect | justificaba | justificabas | justificaba | justificábamos | justificabais | justificaban | |
| preterite | justifiqué | justificaste | justificó | justificamos | justificasteis | justificaron | |
| future | justificaré | justificarás | justificará | justificaremos | justificaréis | justificarán | |
| conditional | justificaría | justificarías | justificaría | justificaríamos | justificaríais | justificarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | justifique | justifiquestú justifiquésvos2 | justifique | justifiquemos | justifiquéis | justifiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | justificara | justificaras | justificara | justificáramos | justificarais | justificaran | |
| imperfect (se) | justificase | justificases | justificase | justificásemos | justificaseis | justificasen | |
| future1 | justificare | justificares | justificare | justificáremos | justificareis | justificaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | justificatú justificávos | justifique | justifiquemos | justificad | justifiquen | ||
| negative | no justifiques | no justifique | no justifiquemos | no justifiquéis | no justifiquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of justificar (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 justificar | |||||||
| dative | justificarme | justificarte | justificarle, justificarse | justificarnos | justificaros | justificarles, justificarse | |
| accusative | justificarme | justificarte | justificarlo, justificarla, justificarse | justificarnos | justificaros | justificarlos, justificarlas, justificarse | |
| with gerund justificando | |||||||
| dative | justificándome | justificándote | justificándole, justificándose | justificándonos | justificándoos | justificándoles, justificándose | |
| accusative | justificándome | justificándote | justificándolo, justificándola, justificándose | justificándonos | justificándoos | justificándolos, justificándolas, justificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative justifica | |||||||
| dative | justifícame | justifícate | justifícale | justifícanos | not used | justifícales | |
| accusative | justifícame | justifícate | justifícalo, justifícala | justifícanos | not used | justifícalos, justifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative justificá | |||||||
| dative | justificame | justificate | justificale | justificanos | not used | justificales | |
| accusative | justificame | justificate | justificalo, justificala | justificanos | not used | justificalos, justificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative justifique | |||||||
| dative | justifíqueme | not used | justifíquele, justifíquese | justifíquenos | not used | justifíqueles | |
| accusative | justifíqueme | not used | justifíquelo, justifíquela, justifíquese | justifíquenos | not used | justifíquelos, justifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative justifiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | justifiquémoste | justifiquémosle | justifiquémonos | justifiquémoos | justifiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | justifiquémoste | justifiquémoslo, justifiquémosla | justifiquémonos | justifiquémoos | justifiquémoslos, justifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative justificad | |||||||
| dative | justificadme | not used | justificadle | justificadnos | justificaos | justificadles | |
| accusative | justificadme | not used | justificadlo, justificadla | justificadnos | justificaos | justificadlos, justificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative justifiquen | |||||||
| dative | justifíquenme | not used | justifíquenle | justifíquennos | not used | justifíquenles, justifíquense | |
| accusative | justifíquenme | not used | justifíquenlo, justifíquenla | justifíquennos | not used | justifíquenlos, justifíquenlas, justifíquense | |
Derived terms
- el fin justifica los medios
- justificable
Related terms
- justificación
- justo
Further reading
- “justificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014