tonificar

From to +‎ -ificar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tu.ni.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [to.ni.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [to.ni.fiˈkaɾ]

tonificar (first-person singular present tonifico, first-person singular preterite tonifiquí, past participle tonificat)

1. (transitive) to tonify, invigorate, fortify

• tonificació
• tonificant

• “tonificar”, 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

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• IPA^(key): /tonifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪o.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧ni‧fi‧car

tonificar (first-person singular present tonifico, first-person singular preterite tonifiqué, past participle tonificado)

1. (transitive) to tone, tone up

   Synonym: entonar

   • 2015 September 16, “Juanetes, calambres y otros males que aparecen al andar, solucionados”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Esta lesión, que básicamente consiste en la sobrecarga del tendón que conecta la rótula con la tibia, se puede evitar "manteniendo la musculatura tonificada y con una buena flexibilidad.

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• “tonificar”, 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