certificar

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiquí, past participle certificat)

1. (transitive) to certify

• certificació
• certificat

• “certificar”, 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

Learned borrowing from Latin certificāre. By surface analysis, certo (“certain; correct”) +‎ -ificar.

• Hyphenation: cer‧ti‧fi‧car

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiquei, past participle certificado)

2. (transitive) to certify; to attest (to assert as true or meeting a standard)

   Synonyms: atestar, asseverar

   O perito certificou a assinatura.

   The specialist certified the signature.

4. (transitive) to certify (to give an official certificate to)

   O ministério não quis certificar a nossa ONG.

   The ministry didn’t want to certify our NGO.

6. (pronominal) to make sure (to check whether something is true or proper) [with de ‘of something’ or de que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’]

   Synonym: garantir

   Certifiquem-se de que a válvula está fechada.

   Make sure the valve is closed.

8. (pronominal) to make sure (to remember to) [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

   Espero que alguém se certifique de trazer a comida.

   I hope someone makes sure they bring the food.

• (not to forget to): lembrar(-se) de

• certificação

Borrowed from Late Latin certificāre, a verb based on Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.

• IPA^(key): /θeɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [θeɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /seɾtifiˈkaɾ/ [seɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cer‧ti‧fi‧car

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiqué, past participle certificado)

1. (transitive) to certify

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