ramificar

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Verb

ramificar

  1. only used in es ... ramificar, syntactic variant of ramificar-se, infinitive of ramificar-se

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rāmificāre (“to branch, ramify”). By surface analysis, ramo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ra‧mi‧fi‧car

Verb

ramificar (first-person singular present ramifico, first-person singular preterite ramifiquei, past participle ramificado)

  1. to branch
  2. to ramify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ramificar (c-qu alternation) (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 ramificar
Personal ramificar ramificares ramificar ramificarmos ramificardes ramificarem
Gerund
ramificando
Past participle
Masculine ramificado ramificados
Feminine ramificada ramificadas
Indicative
Present ramifico ramificas ramifica ramificamos ramificais ramificam
Imperfect ramificava ramificavas ramificava ramificávamos ramificáveis ramificavam
Preterite ramifiquei ramificaste ramificou ramificamos1, ramificámos2 ramificastes ramificaram
Pluperfect ramificara ramificaras ramificara ramificáramos ramificáreis ramificaram
Future ramificarei ramificarás ramificará ramificaremos ramificareis ramificarão
Conditional ramificaria ramificarias ramificaria ramificaríamos ramificaríeis ramificariam
Subjunctive
Present ramifique ramifiques ramifique ramifiquemos ramifiqueis ramifiquem
Imperfect ramificasse ramificasses ramificasse ramificássemos ramificásseis ramificassem
Future ramificar ramificares ramificar ramificarmos ramificardes ramificarem
Imperative
Affirmative ramifica ramifique ramifiquemos ramificai ramifiquem
Negative (não) não ramifiques não ramifique não ramifiquemos não ramifiqueis não ramifiquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ramificare (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + faciō (“do, make”). Equivalent to ramo +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ramifiˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ra‧mi‧fi‧car

Verb

ramificar (first-person singular present ramifico, first-person singular preterite ramifiqué, past participle ramificado)

  1. to ramify
  2. to have ramifications or consequences
  3. to have branches

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ramificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ramificar
gerund ramificando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ramificado ramificada
plural ramificados ramificadas
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 ramifico ramificastú
ramificásvos 		ramifica ramificamos ramificáis ramifican
imperfect ramificaba ramificabas ramificaba ramificábamos ramificabais ramificaban
preterite ramifiqué ramificaste ramificó ramificamos ramificasteis ramificaron
future ramificaré ramificarás ramificará ramificaremos ramificaréis ramificarán
conditional ramificaría ramificarías ramificaría ramificaríamos ramificaríais ramificarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ramifique ramifiquestú
ramifiquésvos2 		ramifique ramifiquemos ramifiquéis ramifiquen
imperfect
(ra) 		ramificara ramificaras ramificara ramificáramos ramificarais ramificaran
imperfect
(se) 		ramificase ramificases ramificase ramificásemos ramificaseis ramificasen
future1 ramificare ramificares ramificare ramificáremos ramificareis ramificaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ramificatú
ramificávos 		ramifique ramifiquemos ramificad ramifiquen
negative no ramifiques no ramifique no ramifiquemos no ramifiquéis no ramifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of ramificar (c-qu alternation)

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 ramificar
dative ramificarme ramificarte ramificarle, ramificarse ramificarnos ramificaros ramificarles, ramificarse
accusative ramificarme ramificarte ramificarlo, ramificarla, ramificarse ramificarnos ramificaros ramificarlos, ramificarlas, ramificarse
with gerund ramificando
dative ramificándome ramificándote ramificándole, ramificándose ramificándonos ramificándoos ramificándoles, ramificándose
accusative ramificándome ramificándote ramificándolo, ramificándola, ramificándose ramificándonos ramificándoos ramificándolos, ramificándolas, ramificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ramifica
dative ramifícame ramifícate ramifícale ramifícanos not used ramifícales
accusative ramifícame ramifícate ramifícalo, ramifícala ramifícanos not used ramifícalos, ramifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ramificá
dative ramificame ramificate ramificale ramificanos not used ramificales
accusative ramificame ramificate ramificalo, ramificala ramificanos not used ramificalos, ramificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ramifique
dative ramifíqueme not used ramifíquele, ramifíquese ramifíquenos not used ramifíqueles
accusative ramifíqueme not used ramifíquelo, ramifíquela, ramifíquese ramifíquenos not used ramifíquelos, ramifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative ramifiquemos
dative not used ramifiquémoste ramifiquémosle ramifiquémonos ramifiquémoos ramifiquémosles
accusative not used ramifiquémoste ramifiquémoslo, ramifiquémosla ramifiquémonos ramifiquémoos ramifiquémoslos, ramifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ramificad
dative ramificadme not used ramificadle ramificadnos ramificaos ramificadles
accusative ramificadme not used ramificadlo, ramificadla ramificadnos ramificaos ramificadlos, ramificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ramifiquen
dative ramifíquenme not used ramifíquenle ramifíquennos not used ramifíquenles, ramifíquense
accusative ramifíquenme not used ramifíquenlo, ramifíquenla ramifíquennos not used ramifíquenlos, ramifíquenlas, ramifíquense

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