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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticāre, from sophisticus.
Pronunciation
Verb
sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiquí, past participle sofisticat)
- (intransitive) to sophisticate (practice sophistry)
- (transitive) to adulterate
- Synonyms: adulterar, desnaturalitzar
- (transitive) to improve, to perfect
- Synonym: perfeccionar
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French sophistiquer or from sofístico + -ar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧fis‧ti‧car
Verb
sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiquei, past participle sofisticado)
- (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of sofismar
- (transitive) to treat with subtlety
- (transitive) to falsify, adulterate
- (transitive, reflexive) to refine to the maximum; arrange with refinement, improve
- (transitive, reflexive) to sophisticate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From sofístico + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sofistiˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: so‧fis‧ti‧car
Verb
sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiqué, past participle sofisticado)
- (transitive) to sophisticate
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sofisticar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive sofisticar
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| dative
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sofisticarme
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sofisticarte
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sofisticarle, sofisticarse
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sofisticarnos
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sofisticaros
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sofisticarles, sofisticarse
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| accusative
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sofisticarme
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sofisticarte
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sofisticarlo, sofisticarla, sofisticarse
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sofisticarnos
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sofisticaros
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sofisticarlos, sofisticarlas, sofisticarse
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| with gerund sofisticando
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| dative
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sofisticándome
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sofisticándote
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sofisticándole, sofisticándose
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sofisticándonos
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sofisticándoos
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sofisticándoles, sofisticándose
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| accusative
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sofisticándome
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sofisticándote
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sofisticándolo, sofisticándola, sofisticándose
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sofisticándonos
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sofisticándoos
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sofisticándolos, sofisticándolas, sofisticándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative sofistica
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| dative
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sofistícame
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sofistícate
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sofistícale
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sofistícanos
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not used
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sofistícales
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| accusative
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sofistícame
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sofistícate
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sofistícalo, sofistícala
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sofistícanos
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not used
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sofistícalos, sofistícalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative sofisticá
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| dative
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sofisticame
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sofisticate
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sofisticale
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sofisticanos
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not used
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sofisticales
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| accusative
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sofisticame
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sofisticate
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sofisticalo, sofisticala
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sofisticanos
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not used
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sofisticalos, sofisticalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative sofistique
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| dative
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sofistíqueme
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not used
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sofistíquele, sofistíquese
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sofistíquenos
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not used
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sofistíqueles
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| accusative
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sofistíqueme
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not used
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sofistíquelo, sofistíquela, sofistíquese
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sofistíquenos
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not used
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sofistíquelos, sofistíquelas
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| with first-person plural imperative sofistiquemos
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| dative
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not used
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sofistiquémoste
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sofistiquémosle
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sofistiquémonos
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sofistiquémoos
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sofistiquémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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sofistiquémoste
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sofistiquémoslo, sofistiquémosla
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sofistiquémonos
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sofistiquémoos
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sofistiquémoslos, sofistiquémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative sofisticad
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| dative
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sofisticadme
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not used
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sofisticadle
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sofisticadnos
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sofisticaos
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sofisticadles
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| accusative
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sofisticadme
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not used
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sofisticadlo, sofisticadla
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sofisticadnos
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sofisticaos
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sofisticadlos, sofisticadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative sofistiquen
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| dative
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sofistíquenme
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not used
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sofistíquenle
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sofistíquennos
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not used
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sofistíquenles, sofistíquense
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| accusative
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sofistíquenme
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not used
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sofistíquenlo, sofistíquenla
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sofistíquennos
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not used
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sofistíquenlos, sofistíquenlas, sofistíquense
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