fortificar

Catalan

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

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...

Related terms

• fortificación
• fuerte
• fuerza