santificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanctificare, present active infinitive of sanctifico.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

santificar (first-person singular present santifico, first-person singular preterite santifiquí, past participle santificat)

1. (transitive) to sanctify (to treat as holy)

Further reading

• “santificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “santificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “santificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “santificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanctificare, present active infinitive of sanctifico.

Verb

1. (transitive) to sanctify (to treat as holy)

Related terms

• santo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sanctificare, present active infinitive of sanctifico, from sanctus + facere. Compare the inherited santiguar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /santifiˈkaɾ/ [sãn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to sanctify, to hallow, to make holy

Further reading

• “santificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014