-ificar

Borrowed from Latin -ificāre, from faciō, facere (“make”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

-ificar

1. -ify, -fy

-ificar

1. Added to a noun root word, this forms a verb meaning to transform or convert the object of the verb into the root.
2. Added to an adjectival root word, this forms a verb meaning to render/make (adjective) the object of the verb.

• -ar
• -isar

Learned borrowing from Latin -ificāre, from facere (“to make; to do”).

-ificar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ifico, first-person singular preterite -ifiquei, past participle -ificado)

1. -ify (forms verbs, from adjectives, indicating process of causing an object to gain the given characteristic)

   ‎falso (“false”) + ‎-ificar → ‎falsificar (“to falsify”)

• fazer

Inherited from Old Spanish -ificar, borrowed from Latin -ificāre, from faciō, facere (“make”).

• IPA^(key): /ifiˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: -i‧fi‧car

-ificar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ifico, first-person singular preterite -ifiqué, past participle -ificado)

1. -ify, -fy (forms verbs with the meaning of to turn into, to transform into)