amplificar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amplificare, present active infinitive of amplificō (“I enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“I make”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• ample
• amplificació
• amplificador

Further reading

• “amplificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amplificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “amplificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amplificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amplificare, present active infinitive of amplificō (“I enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“I make”).

Verb

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

   Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar

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

Related terms

• amplificação
• amplificador
• amplo

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin amplificare, present active infinitive of amplificō (“I enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + faciō (“I make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amplifiˈkaɾ/ [ãm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

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

Related terms

• ampliar
• amplificación
• amplificador
• amplio

 

Further reading

• “amplificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014