mistificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish, from French mystifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [mis.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mis.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: mistificà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mistificar (first-person singular present mistifico, first-person singular preterite mistifiquí, past participle mistificat)

1. (transitive) to mystify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mistificar
gerund			mistificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mistificat		mistificada
		plural		mistificats		mistificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mistifico	mistifiques	mistifica	mistifiquem	mistifiqueu	mistifiquen
	imperfect	mistificava	mistificaves	mistificava	mistificàvem	mistificàveu	mistificaven
	future	mistificaré	mistificaràs	mistificarà	mistificarem	mistificareu	mistificaran
	preterite	mistifiquí	mistificares	mistificà	mistificàrem	mistificàreu	mistificaren
	conditional	mistificaria	mistificaries	mistificaria	mistificaríem	mistificaríeu	mistificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mistifiqui	mistifiquis	mistifiqui	mistifiquem	mistifiqueu	mistifiquin
	imperfect	mistifiqués	mistifiquessis	mistifiqués	mistifiquéssim	mistifiquéssiu	mistifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mistifica	mistifiqui	mistifiquem	mistifiqueu	mistifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no mistifiquis	no mistifiqui	no mistifiquem	no mistifiqueu	no mistifiquin

Derived terms

• mistificador

Related terms

• místic

Further reading

• “mistificar”, 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
• “mistificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mistificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mistificar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin mysta

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-fakāō

Latin -ficōder.

French -ifier

French mystifierbor.

Portuguese mistificar

Borrowed from French mystifier.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miʃ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: mis‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

mistificar (first-person singular present mistifico, first-person singular preterite mistifiquei, past participle mistificado)

1. (transitive) to mystify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mistificar (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	mistificar
Personal	mistificar	mistificares	mistificar	mistificarmos	mistificardes	mistificarem
Gerund
	mistificando
Past participle
Masculine	mistificado			mistificados
Feminine	mistificada			mistificadas
Indicative
Present	mistifico	mistificas	mistifica	mistificamos	mistificais	mistificam
Imperfect	mistificava	mistificavas	mistificava	mistificávamos	mistificáveis	mistificavam
Preterite	mistifiquei	mistificaste	mistificou	mistificamos1, mistificámos2	mistificastes	mistificaram
Pluperfect	mistificara	mistificaras	mistificara	mistificáramos	mistificáreis	mistificaram
Future	mistificarei	mistificarás	mistificará	mistificaremos	mistificareis	mistificarão
Conditional	mistificaria	mistificarias	mistificaria	mistificaríamos	mistificaríeis	mistificariam
Subjunctive
Present	mistifique	mistifiques	mistifique	mistifiquemos	mistifiqueis	mistifiquem
Imperfect	mistificasse	mistificasses	mistificasse	mistificássemos	mistificásseis	mistificassem
Future	mistificar	mistificares	mistificar	mistificarmos	mistificardes	mistificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mistifica	mistifique	mistifiquemos	mistificai	mistifiquem
Negative (não)		não mistifiques	não mistifique	não mistifiquemos	não mistifiqueis	não mistifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin mysta

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-fakāō

Latin -ficōder.

French -ifier

French mystifierbor.

Spanish mistificar

Borrowed from French mystifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mistifiˈkaɾ/ [mis.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mis‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

mistificar (first-person singular present mistifico, first-person singular preterite mistifiqué, past participle mistificado)

1. (transitive) to mystify, perplex

Conjugation

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

infinitive			mistificar
gerund			mistificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mistificado		mistificada
		plural		mistificados		mistificadas
		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	mistifico	mistificastú mistificásvos	mistifica	mistificamos	mistificáis	mistifican
	imperfect	mistificaba	mistificabas	mistificaba	mistificábamos	mistificabais	mistificaban
	preterite	mistifiqué	mistificaste	mistificó	mistificamos	mistificasteis	mistificaron
	future	mistificaré	mistificarás	mistificará	mistificaremos	mistificaréis	mistificarán
	conditional	mistificaría	mistificarías	mistificaría	mistificaríamos	mistificaríais	mistificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mistifique	mistifiquestú mistifiquésvos2	mistifique	mistifiquemos	mistifiquéis	mistifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	mistificara	mistificaras	mistificara	mistificáramos	mistificarais	mistificaran
	imperfect (se)	mistificase	mistificases	mistificase	mistificásemos	mistificaseis	mistificasen
	future1	mistificare	mistificares	mistificare	mistificáremos	mistificareis	mistificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mistificatú mistificávos	mistifique	mistifiquemos	mistificad	mistifiquen
	negative		no mistifiques	no mistifique	no mistifiquemos	no mistifiquéis	no mistifiquen

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

Derived terms

• mistificador

Related terms

• místico
• mistificación

Descendants

• → Catalan: mistificar

Further reading

• “mistificar”, 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