amplificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əm.pli.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [am.pli.fiˈka]

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Verb

amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiquí, past participle amplificat)

1. (transitive) to amplify (to make bigger)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of amplificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			amplificar
gerund			amplificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amplificat		amplificada
		plural		amplificats		amplificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amplifico	amplifiques	amplifica	amplifiquem	amplifiqueu	amplifiquen
	imperfect	amplificava	amplificaves	amplificava	amplificàvem	amplificàveu	amplificaven
	future	amplificaré	amplificaràs	amplificarà	amplificarem	amplificareu	amplificaran
	preterite	amplifiquí	amplificares	amplificà	amplificàrem	amplificàreu	amplificaren
	conditional	amplificaria	amplificaries	amplificaria	amplificaríem	amplificaríeu	amplificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amplifiqui	amplifiquis	amplifiqui	amplifiquem	amplifiqueu	amplifiquin
	imperfect	amplifiqués	amplifiquessis	amplifiqués	amplifiquéssim	amplifiquéssiu	amplifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	amplifica	amplifiqui	amplifiquem	amplifiqueu	amplifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no amplifiquis	no amplifiqui	no amplifiquem	no amplifiqueu	no amplifiquin

Related terms

• ample
• amplificació
• amplificador
• amplificatiu

Further reading

• “amplificar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “amplificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “amplificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “amplificar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s

Proto-Italic *amlos?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.

Proto-Italic *amβi-

Latin ambi-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós

Proto-Italic *plēnosder.

Latin plēnus?

Latin ambiplus?

Latin amplus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Latin amplificārelbor.

Portuguese amplificar

Learned borrowing from Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”). By surface analysis, amplo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: am‧pli‧fi‧car

Verb

amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiquei, past participle amplificado)

1. (transitive) to amplify (to make bigger)

   Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar

2. (transitive, electronics) to amplify (to increase the amplitude of a signal)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amplificar (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	amplificar
Personal	amplificar	amplificares	amplificar	amplificarmos	amplificardes	amplificarem
Gerund
	amplificando
Past participle
Masculine	amplificado			amplificados
Feminine	amplificada			amplificadas
Indicative
Present	amplifico	amplificas	amplifica	amplificamos	amplificais	amplificam
Imperfect	amplificava	amplificavas	amplificava	amplificávamos	amplificáveis	amplificavam
Preterite	amplifiquei	amplificaste	amplificou	amplificamos1, amplificámos2	amplificastes	amplificaram
Pluperfect	amplificara	amplificaras	amplificara	amplificáramos	amplificáreis	amplificaram
Future	amplificarei	amplificarás	amplificará	amplificaremos	amplificareis	amplificarão
Conditional	amplificaria	amplificarias	amplificaria	amplificaríamos	amplificaríeis	amplificariam
Subjunctive
Present	amplifique	amplifiques	amplifique	amplifiquemos	amplifiqueis	amplifiquem
Imperfect	amplificasse	amplificasses	amplificasse	amplificássemos	amplificásseis	amplificassem
Future	amplificar	amplificares	amplificar	amplificarmos	amplificardes	amplificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		amplifica	amplifique	amplifiquemos	amplificai	amplifiquem
Negative (não)		não amplifiques	não amplifique	não amplifiquemos	não amplifiqueis	não amplifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• amplificação
• amplificador

Further reading

• “amplificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amplificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amplificāre (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“to make”). By surface analysis, amplio +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amplifiˈkaɾ/ [ãm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: am‧pli‧fi‧car

Verb

amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiqué, past participle amplificado)

1. to enlarge, extend
2. to amplify, magnify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			amplificar
gerund			amplificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amplificado		amplificada
		plural		amplificados		amplificadas
		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	amplifico	amplificastú amplificásvos	amplifica	amplificamos	amplificáis	amplifican
	imperfect	amplificaba	amplificabas	amplificaba	amplificábamos	amplificabais	amplificaban
	preterite	amplifiqué	amplificaste	amplificó	amplificamos	amplificasteis	amplificaron
	future	amplificaré	amplificarás	amplificará	amplificaremos	amplificaréis	amplificarán
	conditional	amplificaría	amplificarías	amplificaría	amplificaríamos	amplificaríais	amplificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amplifique	amplifiquestú amplifiquésvos2	amplifique	amplifiquemos	amplifiquéis	amplifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	amplificara	amplificaras	amplificara	amplificáramos	amplificarais	amplificaran
	imperfect (se)	amplificase	amplificases	amplificase	amplificásemos	amplificaseis	amplificasen
	future1	amplificare	amplificares	amplificare	amplificáremos	amplificareis	amplificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amplificatú amplificávos	amplifique	amplifiquemos	amplificad	amplifiquen
	negative		no amplifiques	no amplifique	no amplifiquemos	no amplifiquéis	no amplifiquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amplificar (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 amplificar	dative	amplificarme	amplificarte	amplificarle, amplificarse	amplificarnos	amplificaros	amplificarles, amplificarse
	accusative	amplificarme	amplificarte	amplificarlo, amplificarla, amplificarse	amplificarnos	amplificaros	amplificarlos, amplificarlas, amplificarse
with gerund amplificando	dative	amplificándome	amplificándote	amplificándole, amplificándose	amplificándonos	amplificándoos	amplificándoles, amplificándose
	accusative	amplificándome	amplificándote	amplificándolo, amplificándola, amplificándose	amplificándonos	amplificándoos	amplificándolos, amplificándolas, amplificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative amplifica	dative	amplifícame	amplifícate	amplifícale	amplifícanos	not used	amplifícales
	accusative	amplifícame	amplifícate	amplifícalo, amplifícala	amplifícanos	not used	amplifícalos, amplifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative amplificá	dative	amplificame	amplificate	amplificale	amplificanos	not used	amplificales
	accusative	amplificame	amplificate	amplificalo, amplificala	amplificanos	not used	amplificalos, amplificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amplifique	dative	amplifíqueme	not used	amplifíquele, amplifíquese	amplifíquenos	not used	amplifíqueles
	accusative	amplifíqueme	not used	amplifíquelo, amplifíquela, amplifíquese	amplifíquenos	not used	amplifíquelos, amplifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative amplifiquemos	dative	not used	amplifiquémoste	amplifiquémosle	amplifiquémonos	amplifiquémoos	amplifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	amplifiquémoste	amplifiquémoslo, amplifiquémosla	amplifiquémonos	amplifiquémoos	amplifiquémoslos, amplifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amplificad	dative	amplificadme	not used	amplificadle	amplificadnos	amplificaos	amplificadles
	accusative	amplificadme	not used	amplificadlo, amplificadla	amplificadnos	amplificaos	amplificadlos, amplificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amplifiquen	dative	amplifíquenme	not used	amplifíquenle	amplifíquennos	not used	amplifíquenles, amplifíquense
	accusative	amplifíquenme	not used	amplifíquenlo, amplifíquenla	amplifíquennos	not used	amplifíquenlos, amplifíquenlas, amplifíquense

Related terms

• ampliar
• amplificación
• amplificador
• amplio

Further reading

• “amplificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025