sofisticar

Learned borrowing from Latin sophisticāre, from sophisticus.

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

sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiquí, past participle sofisticat)

1. (intransitive) to sophisticate (practice sophistry)
2. (transitive) to adulterate

   Synonyms: adulterar, desnaturalitzar

3. (transitive) to improve, to perfect

   Synonym: perfeccionar

• sofisticat

• sofisma
• sofístic
• sofisticació

• “sofisticar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from French sophistiquer or from sofístico +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: so‧fis‧ti‧car

sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiquei, past participle sofisticado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) Synonym of sofismar
2. (transitive) to treat with subtlety
3. (transitive) to falsify, adulterate
4. (transitive, reflexive) to refine to the maximum; arrange with refinement, improve
5. (transitive, reflexive) to sophisticate

From sofístico +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /sofistiˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧fis‧ti‧car

sofisticar (first-person singular present sofistico, first-person singular preterite sofistiqué, past participle sofisticado)

1. (transitive) to sophisticate

• “sofisticar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10