fortificar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fortifico, fortificare, from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fur.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [for.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾ.ti.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiquí, past participle fortificat)

1. to fortify

Related terms

• fort
• fortificació

 

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fortifico, fortificare, from Latin fortis.

Verb

1. (transitive) to fortify (to build fortifications in or around a place)
2. (transitive) to fortify; to strengthen (to make stronger)

   Synonym: fortalecer

Related terms

• forte
• fortificação

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fortifico, fortificare, from Latin fortis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [foɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

fortificar (first-person singular present fortifico, first-person singular preterite fortifiqué, past participle fortificado)

1. 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...

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