ratificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratificāre, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ra.ti.fiˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

ratificar (first-person singular present ratifico, first-person singular preterite ratifiquí, past participle ratificat)

1. to ratify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ratificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			ratificar
gerund			ratificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ratificat		ratificada
		plural		ratificats		ratificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ratifico	ratifiques	ratifica	ratifiquem	ratifiqueu	ratifiquen
	imperfect	ratificava	ratificaves	ratificava	ratificàvem	ratificàveu	ratificaven
	future	ratificaré	ratificaràs	ratificarà	ratificarem	ratificareu	ratificaran
	preterite	ratifiquí	ratificares	ratificà	ratificàrem	ratificàreu	ratificaren
	conditional	ratificaria	ratificaries	ratificaria	ratificaríem	ratificaríeu	ratificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ratifiqui	ratifiquis	ratifiqui	ratifiquem	ratifiqueu	ratifiquin
	imperfect	ratifiqués	ratifiquessis	ratifiqués	ratifiquéssim	ratifiquéssiu	ratifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ratifica	ratifiqui	ratifiquem	ratifiqueu	ratifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no ratifiquis	no ratifiqui	no ratifiquem	no ratifiqueu	no ratifiquin

Related terms

• ratificació

Further reading

• “ratificar”, 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
• “ratificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ratificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ratificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratificāre, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: ra‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

ratificar (first-person singular present ratifico, first-person singular preterite ratifiquei, past participle ratificado)

1. to ratify

Usage notes

Not to be confused with retificar (“rectify”).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ratificar (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	ratificar
Personal	ratificar	ratificares	ratificar	ratificarmos	ratificardes	ratificarem
Gerund
	ratificando
Past participle
Masculine	ratificado			ratificados
Feminine	ratificada			ratificadas
Indicative
Present	ratifico	ratificas	ratifica	ratificamos	ratificais	ratificam
Imperfect	ratificava	ratificavas	ratificava	ratificávamos	ratificáveis	ratificavam
Preterite	ratifiquei	ratificaste	ratificou	ratificamos1, ratificámos2	ratificastes	ratificaram
Pluperfect	ratificara	ratificaras	ratificara	ratificáramos	ratificáreis	ratificaram
Future	ratificarei	ratificarás	ratificará	ratificaremos	ratificareis	ratificarão
Conditional	ratificaria	ratificarias	ratificaria	ratificaríamos	ratificaríeis	ratificariam
Subjunctive
Present	ratifique	ratifiques	ratifique	ratifiquemos	ratifiqueis	ratifiquem
Imperfect	ratificasse	ratificasses	ratificasse	ratificássemos	ratificásseis	ratificassem
Future	ratificar	ratificares	ratificar	ratificarmos	ratificardes	ratificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ratifica	ratifique	ratifiquemos	ratificai	ratifiquem
Negative (não)		não ratifiques	não ratifique	não ratifiquemos	não ratifiqueis	não ratifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• ratificação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratificāre, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ratificar (first-person singular present ratifico, first-person singular preterite ratifiqué, past participle ratificado)

1. to ratify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			ratificar
gerund			ratificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ratificado		ratificada
		plural		ratificados		ratificadas
		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	ratifico	ratificastú ratificásvos	ratifica	ratificamos	ratificáis	ratifican
	imperfect	ratificaba	ratificabas	ratificaba	ratificábamos	ratificabais	ratificaban
	preterite	ratifiqué	ratificaste	ratificó	ratificamos	ratificasteis	ratificaron
	future	ratificaré	ratificarás	ratificará	ratificaremos	ratificaréis	ratificarán
	conditional	ratificaría	ratificarías	ratificaría	ratificaríamos	ratificaríais	ratificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ratifique	ratifiquestú ratifiquésvos2	ratifique	ratifiquemos	ratifiquéis	ratifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	ratificara	ratificaras	ratificara	ratificáramos	ratificarais	ratificaran
	imperfect (se)	ratificase	ratificases	ratificase	ratificásemos	ratificaseis	ratificasen
	future1	ratificare	ratificares	ratificare	ratificáremos	ratificareis	ratificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ratificatú ratificávos	ratifique	ratifiquemos	ratificad	ratifiquen
	negative		no ratifiques	no ratifique	no ratifiquemos	no ratifiquéis	no ratifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of ratificar (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 ratificar	dative	ratificarme	ratificarte	ratificarle, ratificarse	ratificarnos	ratificaros	ratificarles, ratificarse
	accusative	ratificarme	ratificarte	ratificarlo, ratificarla, ratificarse	ratificarnos	ratificaros	ratificarlos, ratificarlas, ratificarse
with gerund ratificando	dative	ratificándome	ratificándote	ratificándole, ratificándose	ratificándonos	ratificándoos	ratificándoles, ratificándose
	accusative	ratificándome	ratificándote	ratificándolo, ratificándola, ratificándose	ratificándonos	ratificándoos	ratificándolos, ratificándolas, ratificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ratifica	dative	ratifícame	ratifícate	ratifícale	ratifícanos	not used	ratifícales
	accusative	ratifícame	ratifícate	ratifícalo, ratifícala	ratifícanos	not used	ratifícalos, ratifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ratificá	dative	ratificame	ratificate	ratificale	ratificanos	not used	ratificales
	accusative	ratificame	ratificate	ratificalo, ratificala	ratificanos	not used	ratificalos, ratificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ratifique	dative	ratifíqueme	not used	ratifíquele, ratifíquese	ratifíquenos	not used	ratifíqueles
	accusative	ratifíqueme	not used	ratifíquelo, ratifíquela, ratifíquese	ratifíquenos	not used	ratifíquelos, ratifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative ratifiquemos	dative	not used	ratifiquémoste	ratifiquémosle	ratifiquémonos	ratifiquémoos	ratifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	ratifiquémoste	ratifiquémoslo, ratifiquémosla	ratifiquémonos	ratifiquémoos	ratifiquémoslos, ratifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ratificad	dative	ratificadme	not used	ratificadle	ratificadnos	ratificaos	ratificadles
	accusative	ratificadme	not used	ratificadlo, ratificadla	ratificadnos	ratificaos	ratificadlos, ratificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ratifiquen	dative	ratifíquenme	not used	ratifíquenle	ratifíquennos	not used	ratifíquenles, ratifíquense
	accusative	ratifíquenme	not used	ratifíquenlo, ratifíquenla	ratifíquennos	not used	ratifíquenlos, ratifíquenlas, ratifíquense

Related terms

• ratificación

Further reading

• “ratificar”, 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