dulcificar

Spanish

Etymology

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Latin dulcemslbor.

Spanish dulce

Spanish -ificar

Spanish dulcificar

From dulce + -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dulθifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪ul̟.θi.fiˈkaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /dulsifiˈkaɾ/ [d̪ul.si.fiˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dul‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

dulcificar (first-person singular present dulcifico, first-person singular preterite dulcifiqué, past participle dulcificado)

1. to sweeten
2. to mollify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			dulcificar
gerund			dulcificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dulcificado		dulcificada
		plural		dulcificados		dulcificadas
		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	dulcifico	dulcificastú dulcificásvos	dulcifica	dulcificamos	dulcificáis	dulcifican
	imperfect	dulcificaba	dulcificabas	dulcificaba	dulcificábamos	dulcificabais	dulcificaban
	preterite	dulcifiqué	dulcificaste	dulcificó	dulcificamos	dulcificasteis	dulcificaron
	future	dulcificaré	dulcificarás	dulcificará	dulcificaremos	dulcificaréis	dulcificarán
	conditional	dulcificaría	dulcificarías	dulcificaría	dulcificaríamos	dulcificaríais	dulcificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dulcifique	dulcifiquestú dulcifiquésvos2	dulcifique	dulcifiquemos	dulcifiquéis	dulcifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	dulcificara	dulcificaras	dulcificara	dulcificáramos	dulcificarais	dulcificaran
	imperfect (se)	dulcificase	dulcificases	dulcificase	dulcificásemos	dulcificaseis	dulcificasen
	future1	dulcificare	dulcificares	dulcificare	dulcificáremos	dulcificareis	dulcificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dulcificatú dulcificávos	dulcifique	dulcifiquemos	dulcificad	dulcifiquen
	negative		no dulcifiques	no dulcifique	no dulcifiquemos	no dulcifiquéis	no dulcifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of dulcificar (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 dulcificar	dative	dulcificarme	dulcificarte	dulcificarle, dulcificarse	dulcificarnos	dulcificaros	dulcificarles, dulcificarse
	accusative	dulcificarme	dulcificarte	dulcificarlo, dulcificarla, dulcificarse	dulcificarnos	dulcificaros	dulcificarlos, dulcificarlas, dulcificarse
with gerund dulcificando	dative	dulcificándome	dulcificándote	dulcificándole, dulcificándose	dulcificándonos	dulcificándoos	dulcificándoles, dulcificándose
	accusative	dulcificándome	dulcificándote	dulcificándolo, dulcificándola, dulcificándose	dulcificándonos	dulcificándoos	dulcificándolos, dulcificándolas, dulcificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative dulcifica	dative	dulcifícame	dulcifícate	dulcifícale	dulcifícanos	not used	dulcifícales
	accusative	dulcifícame	dulcifícate	dulcifícalo, dulcifícala	dulcifícanos	not used	dulcifícalos, dulcifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dulcificá	dative	dulcificame	dulcificate	dulcificale	dulcificanos	not used	dulcificales
	accusative	dulcificame	dulcificate	dulcificalo, dulcificala	dulcificanos	not used	dulcificalos, dulcificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dulcifique	dative	dulcifíqueme	not used	dulcifíquele, dulcifíquese	dulcifíquenos	not used	dulcifíqueles
	accusative	dulcifíqueme	not used	dulcifíquelo, dulcifíquela, dulcifíquese	dulcifíquenos	not used	dulcifíquelos, dulcifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative dulcifiquemos	dative	not used	dulcifiquémoste	dulcifiquémosle	dulcifiquémonos	dulcifiquémoos	dulcifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	dulcifiquémoste	dulcifiquémoslo, dulcifiquémosla	dulcifiquémonos	dulcifiquémoos	dulcifiquémoslos, dulcifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dulcificad	dative	dulcificadme	not used	dulcificadle	dulcificadnos	dulcificaos	dulcificadles
	accusative	dulcificadme	not used	dulcificadlo, dulcificadla	dulcificadnos	dulcificaos	dulcificadlos, dulcificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dulcifiquen	dative	dulcifíquenme	not used	dulcifíquenle	dulcifíquennos	not used	dulcifíquenles, dulcifíquense
	accusative	dulcifíquenme	not used	dulcifíquenlo, dulcifíquenla	dulcifíquennos	not used	dulcifíquenlos, dulcifíquenlas, dulcifíquense

Derived terms

• dulcificación

Further reading

• “dulcificar”, 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
• “dulcificar”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019