clarificar

Interlingua

Etymology

From English clarify, Spanish clarificar, French clarifier, Portuguese clarificar and Italian chiarificare. By surface analysis, clar +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.ri.fiˈkar/

Verb

clarificar

1. (transitive) to clarify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of clarificar

infinitive		clarificar
participle		present	perfect
		clarificante	clarificate
active		simple	perfect
	present	clarifica	ha clarificate
	past	clarificava	habeva clarificate
	future	clarificara	habera clarificate
	conditional	clarificarea	haberea clarificate
	imperative	clarifica	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es clarificate	ha essite clarificate
	past	esseva clarificate	habeva essite clarificate
	future	essera clarificate	habera essite clarificate
	conditional	esserea clarificate	haberea essite clarificate
	imperative	sia clarificate	—

Further reading

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós

Proto-Italic *klāros

Latin clārus

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 clārificārebor.

Portuguese clarificar

Borrowed from Latin clārificāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kla.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kla.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/

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

Verb

clarificar (first-person singular present clarifico, first-person singular preterite clarifiquei, past participle clarificado)

1. (transitive) to clarify (make something understandable)

   Synonym: clarear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of clarificar (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	clarificar
Personal	clarificar	clarificares	clarificar	clarificarmos	clarificardes	clarificarem
Gerund
	clarificando
Past participle
Masculine	clarificado			clarificados
Feminine	clarificada			clarificadas
Indicative
Present	clarifico	clarificas	clarifica	clarificamos	clarificais	clarificam
Imperfect	clarificava	clarificavas	clarificava	clarificávamos	clarificáveis	clarificavam
Preterite	clarifiquei	clarificaste	clarificou	clarificamos1, clarificámos2	clarificastes	clarificaram
Pluperfect	clarificara	clarificaras	clarificara	clarificáramos	clarificáreis	clarificaram
Future	clarificarei	clarificarás	clarificará	clarificaremos	clarificareis	clarificarão
Conditional	clarificaria	clarificarias	clarificaria	clarificaríamos	clarificaríeis	clarificariam
Subjunctive
Present	clarifique	clarifiques	clarifique	clarifiquemos	clarifiqueis	clarifiquem
Imperfect	clarificasse	clarificasses	clarificasse	clarificássemos	clarificásseis	clarificassem
Future	clarificar	clarificares	clarificar	clarificarmos	clarificardes	clarificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		clarifica	clarifique	clarifiquemos	clarificai	clarifiquem
Negative (não)		não clarifiques	não clarifique	não clarifiquemos	não clarifiqueis	não clarifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• clarear
• claro

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₁rós

Proto-Italic *klāros

Latin clārus

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 clārificārebor.

Spanish clarificar

Borrowed from Latin clārificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaɾifiˈkaɾ/ [kla.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cla‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

clarificar (first-person singular present clarifico, first-person singular preterite clarifiqué, past participle clarificado)

1. to clarify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			clarificar
gerund			clarificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		clarificado		clarificada
		plural		clarificados		clarificadas
		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	clarifico	clarificastú clarificásvos	clarifica	clarificamos	clarificáis	clarifican
	imperfect	clarificaba	clarificabas	clarificaba	clarificábamos	clarificabais	clarificaban
	preterite	clarifiqué	clarificaste	clarificó	clarificamos	clarificasteis	clarificaron
	future	clarificaré	clarificarás	clarificará	clarificaremos	clarificaréis	clarificarán
	conditional	clarificaría	clarificarías	clarificaría	clarificaríamos	clarificaríais	clarificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	clarifique	clarifiquestú clarifiquésvos2	clarifique	clarifiquemos	clarifiquéis	clarifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	clarificara	clarificaras	clarificara	clarificáramos	clarificarais	clarificaran
	imperfect (se)	clarificase	clarificases	clarificase	clarificásemos	clarificaseis	clarificasen
	future1	clarificare	clarificares	clarificare	clarificáremos	clarificareis	clarificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		clarificatú clarificávos	clarifique	clarifiquemos	clarificad	clarifiquen
	negative		no clarifiques	no clarifique	no clarifiquemos	no clarifiquéis	no clarifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of clarificar (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 clarificar	dative	clarificarme	clarificarte	clarificarle, clarificarse	clarificarnos	clarificaros	clarificarles, clarificarse
	accusative	clarificarme	clarificarte	clarificarlo, clarificarla, clarificarse	clarificarnos	clarificaros	clarificarlos, clarificarlas, clarificarse
with gerund clarificando	dative	clarificándome	clarificándote	clarificándole, clarificándose	clarificándonos	clarificándoos	clarificándoles, clarificándose
	accusative	clarificándome	clarificándote	clarificándolo, clarificándola, clarificándose	clarificándonos	clarificándoos	clarificándolos, clarificándolas, clarificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative clarifica	dative	clarifícame	clarifícate	clarifícale	clarifícanos	not used	clarifícales
	accusative	clarifícame	clarifícate	clarifícalo, clarifícala	clarifícanos	not used	clarifícalos, clarifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative clarificá	dative	clarificame	clarificate	clarificale	clarificanos	not used	clarificales
	accusative	clarificame	clarificate	clarificalo, clarificala	clarificanos	not used	clarificalos, clarificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative clarifique	dative	clarifíqueme	not used	clarifíquele, clarifíquese	clarifíquenos	not used	clarifíqueles
	accusative	clarifíqueme	not used	clarifíquelo, clarifíquela, clarifíquese	clarifíquenos	not used	clarifíquelos, clarifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative clarifiquemos	dative	not used	clarifiquémoste	clarifiquémosle	clarifiquémonos	clarifiquémoos	clarifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	clarifiquémoste	clarifiquémoslo, clarifiquémosla	clarifiquémonos	clarifiquémoos	clarifiquémoslos, clarifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative clarificad	dative	clarificadme	not used	clarificadle	clarificadnos	clarificaos	clarificadles
	accusative	clarificadme	not used	clarificadlo, clarificadla	clarificadnos	clarificaos	clarificadlos, clarificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative clarifiquen	dative	clarifíquenme	not used	clarifíquenle	clarifíquennos	not used	clarifíquenles, clarifíquense
	accusative	clarifíquenme	not used	clarifíquenlo, clarifíquenla	clarifíquennos	not used	clarifíquenlos, clarifíquenlas, clarifíquense

Derived terms

• clarificador

Related terms

• aclarar
• claridad
• clarificación
• claro

Further reading

• “clarificar”, 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