confirmar

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfirmāre. First attested in the 15th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmí, past participle confirmat)

1. (transitive) to confirm

   Synonyms: refermar, mantenir, comprovar

2. (transitive, ironic) to slap

   Synonyms: bufetejar, galtejar

• confirmació

• “confirmar”, 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
• “confirmar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “confirmar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese confirmar, from Latin cōnfirmō.

• IPA^(key): [koɱfiɾˈmaɾ]

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmei, past participle confirmado)

1. to confirm
2. (Christianity, transitive or pronominal) to confirm (to administer the sacrament of confirmation)

• confirmación

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “confirmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “confirmar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “confirmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “confirmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “confirmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “confirmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “confirmar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Latin cōnfirmō, attested from the 12th century.^[1]

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confirmar

1. to confirm

• confirmacion

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 276.

Borrowed from Latin cōnfirmāre.

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmei, past participle confirmado)

1. to confirm, corroborate, affirm

• confirmação

• “confirmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “confirmar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From Latin cōnfirmāre.

• IPA^(key): /konfiɾˈmaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fir‧mar

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmé, past participle confirmado)

1. to confirm

• “confirmar”, 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