cifrar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ci‧frar

Verb

cifrar (first-person singular present cifro, first-person singular preterite cifrei, past participle cifrado)

  1. to cipher, encode, scramble
  2. (music) to indicate the chords of a song

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cifrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cifrar
Personal cifrar cifrares cifrar cifrarmos cifrardes cifrarem
Gerund
cifrando
Past participle
Masculine cifrado cifrados
Feminine cifrada cifradas
Indicative
Present cifro cifras cifra ciframos cifrais cifram
Imperfect cifrava cifravas cifrava cifrávamos cifráveis cifravam
Preterite cifrei cifraste cifrou ciframos1, cifrámos2 cifrastes cifraram
Pluperfect cifrara cifraras cifrara cifráramos cifráreis cifraram
Future cifrarei cifrarás cifrará cifraremos cifrareis cifrarão
Conditional cifraria cifrarias cifraria cifraríamos cifraríeis cifrariam
Subjunctive
Present cifre cifres cifre cifremos cifreis cifrem
Imperfect cifrasse cifrasses cifrasse cifrássemos cifrásseis cifrassem
Future cifrar cifrares cifrar cifrarmos cifrardes cifrarem
Imperative
Affirmative cifra cifre cifremos cifrai cifrem
Negative (não) não cifres não cifre não cifremos não cifreis não cifrem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From cifra +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈfɾaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈfɾaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ci‧frar

Verb

cifrar (first-person singular present cifro, first-person singular preterite cifré, past participle cifrado)

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to value, quantify, aggregate
  2. (transitive) to write in code, cypher
    Synonym: encriptar
    Antonym: descifrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cifrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cifrar
gerund cifrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cifrado cifrada
plural cifrados cifradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cifro cifrastú
cifrásvos 		cifra ciframos cifráis cifran
imperfect cifraba cifrabas cifraba cifrábamos cifrabais cifraban
preterite cifré cifraste cifró ciframos cifrasteis cifraron
future cifraré cifrarás cifrará cifraremos cifraréis cifrarán
conditional cifraría cifrarías cifraría cifraríamos cifraríais cifrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cifre cifrestú
cifrésvos2 		cifre cifremos cifréis cifren
imperfect
(ra) 		cifrara cifraras cifrara cifráramos cifrarais cifraran
imperfect
(se) 		cifrase cifrases cifrase cifrásemos cifraseis cifrasen
future1 cifrare cifrares cifrare cifráremos cifrareis cifraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cifratú
cifrávos 		cifre cifremos cifrad cifren
negative no cifres no cifre no cifremos no cifréis no cifren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cifrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive cifrar
dative cifrarme cifrarte cifrarle, cifrarse cifrarnos cifraros cifrarles, cifrarse
accusative cifrarme cifrarte cifrarlo, cifrarla, cifrarse cifrarnos cifraros cifrarlos, cifrarlas, cifrarse
with gerund cifrando
dative cifrándome cifrándote cifrándole, cifrándose cifrándonos cifrándoos cifrándoles, cifrándose
accusative cifrándome cifrándote cifrándolo, cifrándola, cifrándose cifrándonos cifrándoos cifrándolos, cifrándolas, cifrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cifra
dative cíframe cífrate cífrale cífranos not used cífrales
accusative cíframe cífrate cífralo, cífrala cífranos not used cífralos, cífralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cifrá
dative ciframe cifrate cifrale cifranos not used cifrales
accusative ciframe cifrate cifralo, cifrala cifranos not used cifralos, cifralas
with formal second-person singular imperative cifre
dative cífreme not used cífrele, cífrese cífrenos not used cífreles
accusative cífreme not used cífrelo, cífrela, cífrese cífrenos not used cífrelos, cífrelas
with first-person plural imperative cifremos
dative not used cifrémoste cifrémosle cifrémonos cifrémoos cifrémosles
accusative not used cifrémoste cifrémoslo, cifrémosla cifrémonos cifrémoos cifrémoslos, cifrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cifrad
dative cifradme not used cifradle cifradnos cifraos cifradles
accusative cifradme not used cifradlo, cifradla cifradnos cifraos cifradlos, cifradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cifren
dative cífrenme not used cífrenle cífrennos not used cífrenles, cífrense
accusative cífrenme not used cífrenlo, cífrenla cífrennos not used cífrenlos, cífrenlas, cífrense

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