identificar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *identificare.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.dən.ti.fiˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.den.ti.fiˈkaɾ/

Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, past participle identificat)

1. to identify

Conjugation

Conjugation of identificar (first conjugation)

infinitive			identificar
present participle			identificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		identificat		identificada
		plural		identificats		identificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	identifico	identifiques	identifica	identifiquem	identifiqueu	identifiquen
	imperfect	identificava	identificaves	identificava	identificàvem	identificàveu	identificaven
	future	identificaré	identificaràs	identificarà	identificarem	identificareu	identificaran
	preterite	identifiquí	identificares	identificà	identificàrem	identificàreu	identificaren
	conditional	identificaria	identificaries	identificaria	identificaríem	identificaríeu	identificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	identifiqui	identifiquis	identifiqui	identifiquem	identifiqueu	identifiquin
	imperfect	identifiqués	identifiquessis	identifiqués	identifiquéssim	identifiquéssiu	identifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	identifica	identifiqui	identifiquem	identifiqueu	identifiquin

Related terms

• identificació

Further reading

• “identificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “identificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “identificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “identificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *identificāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/ [i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈkaɾ]

• Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, first-person singular preterite identifiquei, past participle identificado)

1. to identify
2. to recognize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of identificar (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	identificar
Personal	identificar	identificares	identificar	identificarmos	identificardes	identificarem
Gerund
	identificando
Past participle
Masculine	identificado			identificados
Feminine	identificada			identificadas
Indicative
Present	identifico	identificas	identifica	identificamos	identificais	identificam
Imperfect	identificava	identificavas	identificava	identificávamos	identificáveis	identificavam
Preterite	identifiquei	identificaste	identificou	identificamos1, identificámos2	identificastes	identificaram
Pluperfect	identificara	identificaras	identificara	identificáramos	identificáreis	identificaram
Future	identificarei	identificarás	identificará	identificaremos	identificareis	identificarão
Conditional
	identificaria	identificarias	identificaria	identificaríamos	identificaríeis	identificariam
Subjunctive
Present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identifiquemos	identifiqueis	identifiquem
Imperfect	identificasse	identificasses	identificasse	identificássemos	identificásseis	identificassem
Future	identificar	identificares	identificar	identificarmos	identificardes	identificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		identifica	identifique	identifiquemos	identificai	identifiquem
Negative (não)		não identifiques	não identifique	não identifiquemos	não identifiqueis	não identifiquem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Related terms

• identificação

Further reading

• “identificar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from scholastic Medieval Latin identificāre, from Medieval Latin identicus, from Classical Latin idem (“same”), + Latin faciō. Cognate with English identify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /identifiˈkaɾ/ [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, first-person singular preterite identifiqué, past participle identificado)

1. (transitive) to identify, to pinpoint

Conjugation

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

infinitive			identificar
gerund			identificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		identificado		identificada
		plural		identificados		identificadas
		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	identifico	identificastú identificásvos	identifica	identificamos	identificáis	identifican
	imperfect	identificaba	identificabas	identificaba	identificábamos	identificabais	identificaban
	preterite	identifiqué	identificaste	identificó	identificamos	identificasteis	identificaron
	future	identificaré	identificarás	identificará	identificaremos	identificaréis	identificarán
	conditional	identificaría	identificarías	identificaría	identificaríamos	identificaríais	identificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	identifique	identifiquestú identifiquésvos2	identifique	identifiquemos	identifiquéis	identifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	identificara	identificaras	identificara	identificáramos	identificarais	identificaran
	imperfect (se)	identificase	identificases	identificase	identificásemos	identificaseis	identificasen
	future1	identificare	identificares	identificare	identificáremos	identificareis	identificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		identificatú identificávos	identifique	identifiquemos	identificad	identifiquen
	negative		no identifiques	no identifique	no identifiquemos	no identifiquéis	no identifiquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of identificar (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 identificar
	dative	identificarme	identificarte	identificarle, identificarse	identificarnos	identificaros	identificarles, identificarse
	accusative	identificarme	identificarte	identificarlo, identificarla, identificarse	identificarnos	identificaros	identificarlos, identificarlas, identificarse
with gerund identificando
	dative	identificándome	identificándote	identificándole, identificándose	identificándonos	identificándoos	identificándoles, identificándose
	accusative	identificándome	identificándote	identificándolo, identificándola, identificándose	identificándonos	identificándoos	identificándolos, identificándolas, identificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative identifica
	dative	identifícame	identifícate	identifícale	identifícanos	not used	identifícales
	accusative	identifícame	identifícate	identifícalo, identifícala	identifícanos	not used	identifícalos, identifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative identificá
	dative	identificame	identificate	identificale	identificanos	not used	identificales
	accusative	identificame	identificate	identificalo, identificala	identificanos	not used	identificalos, identificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative identifique
	dative	identifíqueme	not used	identifíquele, identifíquese	identifíquenos	not used	identifíqueles
	accusative	identifíqueme	not used	identifíquelo, identifíquela, identifíquese	identifíquenos	not used	identifíquelos, identifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative identifiquemos
	dative	not used	identifiquémoste	identifiquémosle	identifiquémonos	identifiquémoos	identifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	identifiquémoste	identifiquémoslo, identifiquémosla	identifiquémonos	identifiquémoos	identifiquémoslos, identifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative identificad
	dative	identificadme	not used	identificadle	identificadnos	identificaos	identificadles
	accusative	identificadme	not used	identificadlo, identificadla	identificadnos	identificaos	identificadlos, identificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative identifiquen
	dative	identifíquenme	not used	identifíquenle	identifíquennos	not used	identifíquenles, identifíquense
	accusative	identifíquenme	not used	identifíquenlo, identifíquenla	identifíquennos	not used	identifíquenlos, identifíquenlas, identifíquense

Related terms

• identificación

Further reading

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