nulificar

Portuguese

Etymology

From nulo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nu.li.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [nu.li.fiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.li.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.li.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.li.fiˈka.ɾi/

Verb

nulificar (first-person singular present nulifico, first-person singular preterite nulifiquei, past participle nulificado)

1. to nullify

   Synonym: anular

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nulificar (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	nulificar
Personal	nulificar	nulificares	nulificar	nulificarmos	nulificardes	nulificarem
Gerund
	nulificando
Past participle
Masculine	nulificado			nulificados
Feminine	nulificada			nulificadas
Indicative
Present	nulifico	nulificas	nulifica	nulificamos	nulificais	nulificam
Imperfect	nulificava	nulificavas	nulificava	nulificávamos	nulificáveis	nulificavam
Preterite	nulifiquei	nulificaste	nulificou	nulificamos1, nulificámos2	nulificastes	nulificaram
Pluperfect	nulificara	nulificaras	nulificara	nulificáramos	nulificáreis	nulificaram
Future	nulificarei	nulificarás	nulificará	nulificaremos	nulificareis	nulificarão
Conditional	nulificaria	nulificarias	nulificaria	nulificaríamos	nulificaríeis	nulificariam
Subjunctive
Present	nulifique	nulifiques	nulifique	nulifiquemos	nulifiqueis	nulifiquem
Imperfect	nulificasse	nulificasses	nulificasse	nulificássemos	nulificásseis	nulificassem
Future	nulificar	nulificares	nulificar	nulificarmos	nulificardes	nulificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		nulifica	nulifique	nulifiquemos	nulificai	nulifiquem
Negative (não)		não nulifiques	não nulifique	não nulifiquemos	não nulifiqueis	não nulifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “nulificar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “nulificar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “nulificar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “nulificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “nulificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nulifiˈkaɾ/ [nu.li.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: nu‧li‧fi‧car

Verb

nulificar (first-person singular present nulifico, first-person singular preterite nulifiqué, past participle nulificado)

1. (transitive) to cancel; call off

   Synonym: anular

Conjugation

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

infinitive			nulificar
gerund			nulificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nulificado		nulificada
		plural		nulificados		nulificadas
		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	nulifico	nulificastú nulificásvos	nulifica	nulificamos	nulificáis	nulifican
	imperfect	nulificaba	nulificabas	nulificaba	nulificábamos	nulificabais	nulificaban
	preterite	nulifiqué	nulificaste	nulificó	nulificamos	nulificasteis	nulificaron
	future	nulificaré	nulificarás	nulificará	nulificaremos	nulificaréis	nulificarán
	conditional	nulificaría	nulificarías	nulificaría	nulificaríamos	nulificaríais	nulificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nulifique	nulifiquestú nulifiquésvos2	nulifique	nulifiquemos	nulifiquéis	nulifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	nulificara	nulificaras	nulificara	nulificáramos	nulificarais	nulificaran
	imperfect (se)	nulificase	nulificases	nulificase	nulificásemos	nulificaseis	nulificasen
	future1	nulificare	nulificares	nulificare	nulificáremos	nulificareis	nulificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nulificatú nulificávos	nulifique	nulifiquemos	nulificad	nulifiquen
	negative		no nulifiques	no nulifique	no nulifiquemos	no nulifiquéis	no nulifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of nulificar (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 nulificar	dative	nulificarme	nulificarte	nulificarle, nulificarse	nulificarnos	nulificaros	nulificarles, nulificarse
	accusative	nulificarme	nulificarte	nulificarlo, nulificarla, nulificarse	nulificarnos	nulificaros	nulificarlos, nulificarlas, nulificarse
with gerund nulificando	dative	nulificándome	nulificándote	nulificándole, nulificándose	nulificándonos	nulificándoos	nulificándoles, nulificándose
	accusative	nulificándome	nulificándote	nulificándolo, nulificándola, nulificándose	nulificándonos	nulificándoos	nulificándolos, nulificándolas, nulificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative nulifica	dative	nulifícame	nulifícate	nulifícale	nulifícanos	not used	nulifícales
	accusative	nulifícame	nulifícate	nulifícalo, nulifícala	nulifícanos	not used	nulifícalos, nulifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative nulificá	dative	nulificame	nulificate	nulificale	nulificanos	not used	nulificales
	accusative	nulificame	nulificate	nulificalo, nulificala	nulificanos	not used	nulificalos, nulificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative nulifique	dative	nulifíqueme	not used	nulifíquele, nulifíquese	nulifíquenos	not used	nulifíqueles
	accusative	nulifíqueme	not used	nulifíquelo, nulifíquela, nulifíquese	nulifíquenos	not used	nulifíquelos, nulifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative nulifiquemos	dative	not used	nulifiquémoste	nulifiquémosle	nulifiquémonos	nulifiquémoos	nulifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	nulifiquémoste	nulifiquémoslo, nulifiquémosla	nulifiquémonos	nulifiquémoos	nulifiquémoslos, nulifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nulificad	dative	nulificadme	not used	nulificadle	nulificadnos	nulificaos	nulificadles
	accusative	nulificadme	not used	nulificadlo, nulificadla	nulificadnos	nulificaos	nulificadlos, nulificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative nulifiquen	dative	nulifíquenme	not used	nulifíquenle	nulifíquennos	not used	nulifíquenles, nulifíquense
	accusative	nulifíquenme	not used	nulifíquenlo, nulifíquenla	nulifíquennos	not used	nulifíquenlos, nulifíquenlas, nulifíquense

Further reading

• “nulificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10