identificar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin identificāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to identify

Conjugation

Conjugation of identificar

infinitive		identificar
gerund		identificando
past participle		m identificáu, f identificada, n identificao, m pl identificaos, f pl identificaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	identifico	identifiques	identifica	identificamos	identificáis	identifiquen
	imperfect	identificaba	identificabes	identificaba	identificábemos, identificábamos	identificabeis, identificabais	identificaben
	preterite	identifiqué	identificasti, identifiquesti	identificó	identifiquemos	identificastis, identifiquestis	identificaron
	pluperfect	identificare, identificara	identificares, identificaras	identificare, identificara	identificáremos, identificáramos	identificareis, identificarais	identificaren, identificaran
	future	identificaré	identificarás	identificará	identificaremos	identificaréis	identificarán
	conditional	identificaría	identificaríes	identificaría	identificaríemos, identificaríamos	identificaríeis, identificaríais	identificaríen
subjunctive	present	identifique	identifiques, identificas	identifique	identifiquemos	identifiquéis	identifiquen, identifican
	imperfect	identificare, identificara	identificares, identificaras	identificare, identificara	identificáremos, identificáramos	identificareis, identificarais	identificaren, identificaran
imperative		—	identifica	—	—	identificái	—

Related terms

• identificación

Further reading

• “identificar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [i.ðən.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ðen.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [i.ðen.ti.fiˈka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car
• Homophone: identificà (except Valencian)

Verb

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

1. to identify

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of identificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			identificar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	identifica	identifiqui	identifiquem	identifiqueu	identifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no identifiquis	no identifiqui	no identifiquem	no identifiqueu	no identifiquin

Related terms

• identificació

Further reading

• “identificar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “identificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “identificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “identificar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin īdem

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

Medieval Latin identificārelbor.

Galician identificar

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin identificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /idɛntifiˈkaɾ/ [i.ð̞ɛn̪.t̪i.fiˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• 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. (reflexive) to relate (understand)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of identificar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	identificar
Personal	identificar	identificares	identificar	identificarmos	identificardes	identificaren
Gerund
	identificando
Past participle
Masculine	identificado			identificados
Feminine	identificada			identificadas
Indicative
Present	identifico	identificas	identifica	identificamos	identificades	identifican
Imperfect	identificaba	identificabas	identificaba	identificabamos	identificabades	identificaban
Preterite	identifiquei	identificaches	identificou	identificamos	identificastes	identificaron
Pluperfect	identificara	identificaras	identificara	identificaramos	identificarades	identificaran
Future	identificarei	identificarás	identificará	identificaremos	identificaredes	identificarán
Conditional	identificaría	identificarías	identificaría	identificariamos	identificariades	identificarían
Subjunctive
Present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identifiquemos	identifiquedes	identifiquen
Imperfect	identificase	identificases	identificase	identificásemos	identificásedes	identificasen
Future	identificar	identificares	identificar	identificarmos	identificardes	identificaren
Imperative
Affirmative		identifica	identifique	identifiquemos	identificade	identifiquen
Negative (non)		non identifiques	non identifique	non identifiquemos	non identifiquedes	non identifiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of identificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	identificades, identificais	identificam
Imperfect	identificava	identificavas	identificava	identificávamos	identificávades, identificáveis, identificávais1	identificavam
Preterite	identifiquei	identificaste, identificache1	identificou	identificamos	identificastes	identificárom, identificaram
Pluperfect	identificara	identificaras	identificara	identificáramos	identificárades, identificáreis, identificárais1	identificaram
Future	identificarei	identificarás	identificará	identificaremos	identificaredes, identificareis	identificarám, identificarão
Conditional	identificaria	identificarias	identificaria	identificaríamos	identificaríades, identificaríeis, identificaríais1	identificariam
Subjunctive
Present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identifiquemos	identifiquedes, identifiqueis	identifiquem
Imperfect	identificasse	identificasses	identificasse	identificássemos	identificássedes, identificásseis	identificassem
Future	identificar	identificares	identificar	identificarmos	identificardes	identificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		identifica	identifique	identifiquemos	identificade, identificai	identifiquem
Negative (nom)		nom identifiques	nom identifique	nom identifiquemos	nom identifiquedes, nom identifiqueis	nom identifiquem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “identificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “identificar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “identificar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “identificar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Interlingua

Verb

identificar

1. to identify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of identificar

infinitive		identificar
participle		present	perfect
		identificante	identificate
active		simple	perfect
	present	identifica	ha identificate
	past	identificava	habeva identificate
	future	identificara	habera identificate
	conditional	identificarea	haberea identificate
	imperative	identifica	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es identificate	ha essite identificate
	past	esseva identificate	habeva essite identificate
	future	essera identificate	habera essite identificate
	conditional	esserea identificate	haberea essite identificate
	imperative	sia identificate	—

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identificāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

identificar

1. to identify

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		identificar			aver identificat
gerund		identificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		identificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	identifiqui	identificas	identifica	identificam	identificatz	identifican
	imperfect	identificavi	identificavas	identificava	identificàvem	identificàvetz	identificavan
	preterite	identifiquèri	identifiquères	identifiquèt	identifiquèrem	identifiquèretz	identifiquèron
	future	identificarai	identificaràs	identificarà	identificarem	identificaretz	identificaràn
	conditional	identificariái	identificariás	identificariá	identificariam	identificariatz	identificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	identifiquèra	identifiquèras	identifiquèra	identifiqueram	identifiqueratz	identifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identifiquem	identifiquetz	identifiquen
	imperfect	identifiquèssi	identifiquèsses	identifiquèsse	identifiquèssem	identifiquèssetz	identifiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			identifica		identifiquem	identificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		identificar			aver identificat
gerund		identificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		identificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	identifique	identifiques	identifica	identificam	identificatz	identificon
	imperfect	identificave	identificaves	identificava	identificaviam	identificaviatz	identificavon
	preterite	identifiquere	identifiqueres	identifiquet	identifiquem	identifiquetz	identifiqueron
	future	identificarai	identificaràs	identificará	identificarem	identificaretz	identificarán
	conditional	identificariá	identificariás	identificariá	identificariam	identificariatz	identificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	identifiquèra	identifiquèras	identifiquèra	identifiqueram	identifiqueratz	identifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identificassiam	identificassiatz	identificon
	imperfect	identifiquesse	identifiquesses	identifiquesse	identifiquessiam	identifiquessiatz	identifiquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			identifica		identificassiam	identificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		identificar			aver identificat
gerund		identificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		identificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	identifiqui	identificas	identifica	identificam	identificatz	identifican
	imperfect	identificavi	identificavas	identificava	identificàvam	identificàvatz	identificavan
	preterite	identifiquèi	identifiquès	identifiquè	identifiquèm	identifiquètz	identifiquèn
	future	identificarèi	identificaràs	identificarà	identificaram	identificaratz	identificaràn
	conditional	identificarí	identificarés	identificaré	identificarem	identificaretz	identificarén
	conditional 2nd form1	identifiquèra	identifiquèras	identifiquèra	identifiqueram	identifiqueratz	identifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	identifiqui	identifiques	identifique	identifiquem	identifiquetz	identifiquen
	imperfect	identifiquèssi	identifiquèsses	identifiquèsse	identifiquèssem	identifiquèssetz	identifiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			identifica		identifiquem	identificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		identificar			aver identificat
gerund		identificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		identificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	identifique	identificas	identifica	identificam	identificatz	identifican
	imperfect	identificava	identificavas	identificava	identificàvam	identificàvatz	identificavan
	preterite	identifiquei	identifiqueras	identifiquet	identifiquèram	identifiquèratz	identifiqueran
	future	identificarai	identificaràs	identificará	identificarem	identificaretz	identificarán
	conditional	identificariá	identificariàs	identificariá	identificariam	identificariatz	identificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	identifiquèra	identifiquèras	identifiquèra	identifiqueram	identifiqueratz	identifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identifiquem	identifiquetz	identifiquen
	imperfect	identifiquèsse	identifiquèsses	identifiquèsse	identifiquèssem	identifiquèssetz	identifiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			identifica		identifiquem	identificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		identificar			aver identificat
gerund		identificant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		identificat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	identifique	identifiques	identifica	identificam	identificatz	identifican
	imperfect	identificavi	identificavas	identificava	identificàvem	identificàvetz	identificavan
	preterite	identifiquère	identifiquères	identifiquèt	identifiqueriam	identifiqueriatz	identifiquèron
	future	identificarai	identificaràs	identificarà	identificarem	identificaretz	identificaràn
	conditional	identificariáu	identificariás	identificariá	identificariam	identificariatz	identificarián
	conditional 2nd form1	identifiquèra	identifiquèras	identifiquèra	identifiqueram	identifiqueratz	identifiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	identifique	identifiques	identifique	identifiquem	identifiquetz	identifican
	imperfect	identifiquèsse	identifiquèsses	identifiquèsse	identifiquessiam	identifiquessiatz	identifiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			identifica		identifiquem	identificatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• identificacion

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 361

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin īdem

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

Medieval Latin identificārebor.

Portuguese identificar

Borrowed from Medieval 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)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

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

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

• 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
3. (reflexive) to relate (to identify with; to understand) [with com ‘with someone/something’]

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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

    Conjugation of identificar-se (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-se
Personal	identificar-me	identificares-te	identificar-se	identificarmo-nos	identificardes-vos	identificarem-se
Gerund
	identificando-se
Past participle
Masculine	identificado			identificados
Feminine	identificada			identificadas
Indicative
Present	identifico-me	identificas-te	identifica-se	identificamo-nos	identificais-vos	identificam-se
Imperfect	identificava-me	identificavas-te	identificava-se	identificávamo-nos	identificáveis-vos	identificavam-se
Preterite	identifiquei-me	identificaste-te	identificou-se	identificamo-nos1, identificámo-nos2	identificastes-vos	identificaram-se
Pluperfect	identificara-me	identificaras-te	identificara-se	identificáramo-nos	identificáreis-vos	identificaram-se
Future	identificar-me-ei	identificar-te-ás	identificar-se-á	identificar-nos-emos	identificar-vos-eis	identificar-se-ão
Conditional	identificar-me-ia	identificar-te-ias	identificar-se-ia	identificar-nos-íamos	identificar-vos-íeis	identificar-se-iam
Subjunctive
Present	me identifique	te identifiques	se identifique	nos identifiquemos	vos identifiqueis	se identifiquem
Imperfect	me identificasse	te identificasses	se identificasse	nos identificássemos	vos identificásseis	se identificassem
Future	me identificar	te identificares	se identificar	nos identificarmos	vos identificardes	se identificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		identifica-te	identifique-se	identifiquemo-nos	identificai-vos	identifiquem-se
Negative (não)		não te identifiques	não se identifique	não nos identifiquemos	não vos identifiqueis	não se identifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• identificação

Further reading

• “identificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “identificar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “identificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “identificar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “identificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “identificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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
• Syllabification: 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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025