testificar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testifico, testificare. Doublet of the inherited testiguar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /testifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪es.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tes‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiqué, past participle testificado)
- to testify
- to give evidence
Conjugation
Conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | testificar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | testificando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | testificado | testificada | |||||
| plural | testificados | testificadas | |||||
| 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 | testifico | testificastú testificásvos | testifica | testificamos | testificáis | testifican | |
| imperfect | testificaba | testificabas | testificaba | testificábamos | testificabais | testificaban | |
| preterite | testifiqué | testificaste | testificó | testificamos | testificasteis | testificaron | |
| future | testificaré | testificarás | testificará | testificaremos | testificaréis | testificarán | |
| conditional | testificaría | testificarías | testificaría | testificaríamos | testificaríais | testificarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | testifique | testifiquestú testifiquésvos2 | testifique | testifiquemos | testifiquéis | testifiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | testificara | testificaras | testificara | testificáramos | testificarais | testificaran | |
| imperfect (se) | testificase | testificases | testificase | testificásemos | testificaseis | testificasen | |
| future1 | testificare | testificares | testificare | testificáremos | testificareis | testificaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | testificatú testificávos | testifique | testifiquemos | testificad | testifiquen | ||
| negative | no testifiques | no testifique | no testifiquemos | no testifiquéis | no testifiquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of testificar (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 testificar | |||||||
| dative | testificarme | testificarte | testificarle, testificarse | testificarnos | testificaros | testificarles, testificarse | |
| accusative | testificarme | testificarte | testificarlo, testificarla, testificarse | testificarnos | testificaros | testificarlos, testificarlas, testificarse | |
| with gerund testificando | |||||||
| dative | testificándome | testificándote | testificándole, testificándose | testificándonos | testificándoos | testificándoles, testificándose | |
| accusative | testificándome | testificándote | testificándolo, testificándola, testificándose | testificándonos | testificándoos | testificándolos, testificándolas, testificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative testifica | |||||||
| dative | testifícame | testifícate | testifícale | testifícanos | not used | testifícales | |
| accusative | testifícame | testifícate | testifícalo, testifícala | testifícanos | not used | testifícalos, testifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative testificá | |||||||
| dative | testificame | testificate | testificale | testificanos | not used | testificales | |
| accusative | testificame | testificate | testificalo, testificala | testificanos | not used | testificalos, testificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative testifique | |||||||
| dative | testifíqueme | not used | testifíquele, testifíquese | testifíquenos | not used | testifíqueles | |
| accusative | testifíqueme | not used | testifíquelo, testifíquela, testifíquese | testifíquenos | not used | testifíquelos, testifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative testifiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | testifiquémoste | testifiquémosle | testifiquémonos | testifiquémoos | testifiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | testifiquémoste | testifiquémoslo, testifiquémosla | testifiquémonos | testifiquémoos | testifiquémoslos, testifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative testificad | |||||||
| dative | testificadme | not used | testificadle | testificadnos | testificaos | testificadles | |
| accusative | testificadme | not used | testificadlo, testificadla | testificadnos | testificaos | testificadlos, testificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative testifiquen | |||||||
| dative | testifíquenme | not used | testifíquenle | testifíquennos | not used | testifíquenles, testifíquense | |
| accusative | testifíquenme | not used | testifíquenlo, testifíquenla | testifíquennos | not used | testifíquenlos, testifíquenlas, testifíquense | |
Related terms
- test
Further reading
- “testificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014