ratificar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratificāre, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ratificar (first-person singular present ratifico, first-person singular preterite ratifiquí, past participle ratificat)
- to ratify
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “ratificar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ratificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “ratificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ratificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratificāre, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ha.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/ [ha.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [χa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/ [ha.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ra‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
ratificar (first-person singular present ratifico, first-person singular preterite ratifiquei, past participle ratificado)
- to ratify
Usage notes
Not to be confused with retificar (“rectify”).
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “ratificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratificāre, from Latin ratus (“established, authoritative; fixed, certain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ratifiˈkaɾ/ [ra.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ra‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
ratificar (first-person singular present ratifico, first-person singular preterite ratifiqué, past participle ratificado)
- to ratify
Conjugation
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 ratificar | dative | ratificarme | ratificarte | ratificarle, ratificarse | ratificarnos | ratificaros | ratificarles, ratificarse |
| accusative | ratificarme | ratificarte | ratificarlo, ratificarla, ratificarse | ratificarnos | ratificaros | ratificarlos, ratificarlas, ratificarse | |
| with gerund ratificando | dative | ratificándome | ratificándote | ratificándole, ratificándose | ratificándonos | ratificándoos | ratificándoles, ratificándose |
| accusative | ratificándome | ratificándote | ratificándolo, ratificándola, ratificándose | ratificándonos | ratificándoos | ratificándolos, ratificándolas, ratificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative ratifica | dative | ratifícame | ratifícate | ratifícale | ratifícanos | not used | ratifícales |
| accusative | ratifícame | ratifícate | ratifícalo, ratifícala | ratifícanos | not used | ratifícalos, ratifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative ratificá | dative | ratificame | ratificate | ratificale | ratificanos | not used | ratificales |
| accusative | ratificame | ratificate | ratificalo, ratificala | ratificanos | not used | ratificalos, ratificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative ratifique | dative | ratifíqueme | not used | ratifíquele, ratifíquese | ratifíquenos | not used | ratifíqueles |
| accusative | ratifíqueme | not used | ratifíquelo, ratifíquela, ratifíquese | ratifíquenos | not used | ratifíquelos, ratifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative ratifiquemos | dative | not used | ratifiquémoste | ratifiquémosle | ratifiquémonos | ratifiquémoos | ratifiquémosles |
| accusative | not used | ratifiquémoste | ratifiquémoslo, ratifiquémosla | ratifiquémonos | ratifiquémoos | ratifiquémoslos, ratifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative ratificad | dative | ratificadme | not used | ratificadle | ratificadnos | ratificaos | ratificadles |
| accusative | ratificadme | not used | ratificadlo, ratificadla | ratificadnos | ratificaos | ratificadlos, ratificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative ratifiquen | dative | ratifíquenme | not used | ratifíquenle | ratifíquennos | not used | ratifíquenles, ratifíquense |
| accusative | ratifíquenme | not used | ratifíquenlo, ratifíquenla | ratifíquennos | not used | ratifíquenlos, ratifíquenlas, ratifíquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “ratificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024