pacificar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂ḱs

Proto-Italic *pāks

Latin pāx

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

Latin pācificārelbor.

Portuguese pacificar

Learned borrowing from Latin pācificāre (“to pacify; to make peace”). By surface analysis, paz +‎ -ificar. Doublet of apaziguar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [pa.si.fiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.si.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.si.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.si.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

pacificar (first-person singular present pacifico, first-person singular preterite pacifiquei, past participle pacificado)

1. to pacify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pacificar (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	pacificar
Personal	pacificar	pacificares	pacificar	pacificarmos	pacificardes	pacificarem
Gerund
	pacificando
Past participle
Masculine	pacificado			pacificados
Feminine	pacificada			pacificadas
Indicative
Present	pacifico	pacificas	pacifica	pacificamos	pacificais	pacificam
Imperfect	pacificava	pacificavas	pacificava	pacificávamos	pacificáveis	pacificavam
Preterite	pacifiquei	pacificaste	pacificou	pacificamos1, pacificámos2	pacificastes	pacificaram
Pluperfect	pacificara	pacificaras	pacificara	pacificáramos	pacificáreis	pacificaram
Future	pacificarei	pacificarás	pacificará	pacificaremos	pacificareis	pacificarão
Conditional	pacificaria	pacificarias	pacificaria	pacificaríamos	pacificaríeis	pacificariam
Subjunctive
Present	pacifique	pacifiques	pacifique	pacifiquemos	pacifiqueis	pacifiquem
Imperfect	pacificasse	pacificasses	pacificasse	pacificássemos	pacificásseis	pacificassem
Future	pacificar	pacificares	pacificar	pacificarmos	pacificardes	pacificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pacifica	pacifique	pacifiquemos	pacificai	pacifiquem
Negative (não)		não pacifiques	não pacifique	não pacifiquemos	não pacifiqueis	não pacifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pacífico
• pacificador

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paθifiˈkaɾ/ [pa.θi.fiˈkaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pasifiˈkaɾ/ [pa.si.fiˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

pacificar (first-person singular present pacifico, first-person singular preterite pacifiqué, past participle pacificado)

1. (transitive) to pacify

   Synonym: apaciguar

Conjugation

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

infinitive			pacificar
gerund			pacificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pacificado		pacificada
		plural		pacificados		pacificadas
		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	pacifico	pacificastú pacificásvos	pacifica	pacificamos	pacificáis	pacifican
	imperfect	pacificaba	pacificabas	pacificaba	pacificábamos	pacificabais	pacificaban
	preterite	pacifiqué	pacificaste	pacificó	pacificamos	pacificasteis	pacificaron
	future	pacificaré	pacificarás	pacificará	pacificaremos	pacificaréis	pacificarán
	conditional	pacificaría	pacificarías	pacificaría	pacificaríamos	pacificaríais	pacificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pacifique	pacifiquestú pacifiquésvos2	pacifique	pacifiquemos	pacifiquéis	pacifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	pacificara	pacificaras	pacificara	pacificáramos	pacificarais	pacificaran
	imperfect (se)	pacificase	pacificases	pacificase	pacificásemos	pacificaseis	pacificasen
	future1	pacificare	pacificares	pacificare	pacificáremos	pacificareis	pacificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pacificatú pacificávos	pacifique	pacifiquemos	pacificad	pacifiquen
	negative		no pacifiques	no pacifique	no pacifiquemos	no pacifiquéis	no pacifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of pacificar (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 pacificar	dative	pacificarme	pacificarte	pacificarle, pacificarse	pacificarnos	pacificaros	pacificarles, pacificarse
	accusative	pacificarme	pacificarte	pacificarlo, pacificarla, pacificarse	pacificarnos	pacificaros	pacificarlos, pacificarlas, pacificarse
with gerund pacificando	dative	pacificándome	pacificándote	pacificándole, pacificándose	pacificándonos	pacificándoos	pacificándoles, pacificándose
	accusative	pacificándome	pacificándote	pacificándolo, pacificándola, pacificándose	pacificándonos	pacificándoos	pacificándolos, pacificándolas, pacificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pacifica	dative	pacifícame	pacifícate	pacifícale	pacifícanos	not used	pacifícales
	accusative	pacifícame	pacifícate	pacifícalo, pacifícala	pacifícanos	not used	pacifícalos, pacifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pacificá	dative	pacificame	pacificate	pacificale	pacificanos	not used	pacificales
	accusative	pacificame	pacificate	pacificalo, pacificala	pacificanos	not used	pacificalos, pacificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pacifique	dative	pacifíqueme	not used	pacifíquele, pacifíquese	pacifíquenos	not used	pacifíqueles
	accusative	pacifíqueme	not used	pacifíquelo, pacifíquela, pacifíquese	pacifíquenos	not used	pacifíquelos, pacifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative pacifiquemos	dative	not used	pacifiquémoste	pacifiquémosle	pacifiquémonos	pacifiquémoos	pacifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	pacifiquémoste	pacifiquémoslo, pacifiquémosla	pacifiquémonos	pacifiquémoos	pacifiquémoslos, pacifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pacificad	dative	pacificadme	not used	pacificadle	pacificadnos	pacificaos	pacificadles
	accusative	pacificadme	not used	pacificadlo, pacificadla	pacificadnos	pacificaos	pacificadlos, pacificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pacifiquen	dative	pacifíquenme	not used	pacifíquenle	pacifíquennos	not used	pacifíquenles, pacifíquense
	accusative	pacifíquenme	not used	pacifíquenlo, pacifíquenla	pacifíquennos	not used	pacifíquenlos, pacifíquenlas, pacifíquense

Related terms

• paz

Further reading

• “pacificar”, 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