testificar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testificārī
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [təs.ti.fiˈka]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [tes.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
- Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧fi‧car
- Homophone: testificà (except Valencian)
Verb
testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiquí, past participle testificat)
- to testify
Conjugation
Conjugation of testificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Further reading
- “testificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “testificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “testificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “testificar”, 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
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin testificārī
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /testifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪es̺.t̪i.fiˈkɑɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiquei, past participle testificado)
- to testify
Conjugation
Conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Further reading
- “testificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “testificar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin testificārī. Doublet of the inherited testiguar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /testifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪es.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tes‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiqué, past participle testificado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of testificar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive testificar | dative | testificarme | testificarte | testificarle, testificarse | testificarnos | testificaros | testificarles, testificarse |
accusative | testificarme | testificarte | testificarlo, testificarla, testificarse | testificarnos | testificaros | testificarlos, testificarlas, testificarse | |
with gerund testificando | dative | testificándome | testificándote | testificándole, testificándose | testificándonos | testificándoos | testificándoles, testificándose |
accusative | testificándome | testificándote | testificándolo, testificándola, testificándose | testificándonos | testificándoos | testificándolos, testificándolas, testificándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative testifica | dative | testifícame | testifícate | testifícale | testifícanos | not used | testifícales |
accusative | testifícame | testifícate | testifícalo, testifícala | testifícanos | not used | testifícalos, testifícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative testificá | dative | testificame | testificate | testificale | testificanos | not used | testificales |
accusative | testificame | testificate | testificalo, testificala | testificanos | not used | testificalos, testificalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative testifique | dative | testifíqueme | not used | testifíquele, testifíquese | testifíquenos | not used | testifíqueles |
accusative | testifíqueme | not used | testifíquelo, testifíquela, testifíquese | testifíquenos | not used | testifíquelos, testifíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative testifiquemos | dative | not used | testifiquémoste | testifiquémosle | testifiquémonos | testifiquémoos | testifiquémosles |
accusative | not used | testifiquémoste | testifiquémoslo, testifiquémosla | testifiquémonos | testifiquémoos | testifiquémoslos, testifiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative testificad | dative | testificadme | not used | testificadle | testificadnos | testificaos | testificadles |
accusative | testificadme | not used | testificadlo, testificadla | testificadnos | testificaos | testificadlos, testificadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative testifiquen | dative | testifíquenme | not used | testifíquenle | testifíquennos | not used | testifíquenles, testifíquense |
accusative | testifíquenme | not used | testifíquenlo, testifíquenla | testifíquennos | not used | testifíquenlos, testifíquenlas, testifíquense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “testificar”, 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