clarificar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin clārificāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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clarificar (first-person singular present clarifico, first-person singular preterite clarifiquei, past participle clarificado)

  1. (transitive) to clarify (make something understandable)
    Synonym: clarear

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of clarificar (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 clarificar
Personal clarificar clarificares clarificar clarificarmos clarificardes clarificarem
Gerund
clarificando
Past participle
Masculine clarificado clarificados
Feminine clarificada clarificadas
Indicative
Present clarifico clarificas clarifica clarificamos clarificais clarificam
Imperfect clarificava clarificavas clarificava clarificávamos clarificáveis clarificavam
Preterite clarifiquei clarificaste clarificou clarificamos1, clarificámos2 clarificastes clarificaram
Pluperfect clarificara clarificaras clarificara clarificáramos clarificáreis clarificaram
Future clarificarei clarificarás clarificará clarificaremos clarificareis clarificarão
Conditional clarificaria clarificarias clarificaria clarificaríamos clarificaríeis clarificariam
Subjunctive
Present clarifique clarifiques clarifique clarifiquemos clarifiqueis clarifiquem
Imperfect clarificasse clarificasses clarificasse clarificássemos clarificásseis clarificassem
Future clarificar clarificares clarificar clarificarmos clarificardes clarificarem
Imperative
Affirmative clarifica clarifique clarifiquemos clarificai clarifiquem
Negative (não) não clarifiques não clarifique não clarifiquemos não clarifiqueis não clarifiquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin clārificāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /klaɾifiˈkaɾ/ [kla.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cla‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

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clarificar (first-person singular present clarifico, first-person singular preterite clarifiqué, past participle clarificado)

  1. to clarify

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of clarificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive clarificar
gerund clarificando
past participle masculine feminine
singular clarificado clarificada
plural clarificados clarificadas
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 clarifico clarificastú
clarificásvos 		clarifica clarificamos clarificáis clarifican
imperfect clarificaba clarificabas clarificaba clarificábamos clarificabais clarificaban
preterite clarifiqué clarificaste clarificó clarificamos clarificasteis clarificaron
future clarificaré clarificarás clarificará clarificaremos clarificaréis clarificarán
conditional clarificaría clarificarías clarificaría clarificaríamos clarificaríais clarificarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present clarifique clarifiquestú
clarifiquésvos2 		clarifique clarifiquemos clarifiquéis clarifiquen
imperfect
(ra) 		clarificara clarificaras clarificara clarificáramos clarificarais clarificaran
imperfect
(se) 		clarificase clarificases clarificase clarificásemos clarificaseis clarificasen
future1 clarificare clarificares clarificare clarificáremos clarificareis clarificaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative clarificatú
clarificávos 		clarifique clarifiquemos clarificad clarifiquen
negative no clarifiques no clarifique no clarifiquemos no clarifiquéis no clarifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of clarificar (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 clarificar
dative clarificarme clarificarte clarificarle, clarificarse clarificarnos clarificaros clarificarles, clarificarse
accusative clarificarme clarificarte clarificarlo, clarificarla, clarificarse clarificarnos clarificaros clarificarlos, clarificarlas, clarificarse
with gerund clarificando
dative clarificándome clarificándote clarificándole, clarificándose clarificándonos clarificándoos clarificándoles, clarificándose
accusative clarificándome clarificándote clarificándolo, clarificándola, clarificándose clarificándonos clarificándoos clarificándolos, clarificándolas, clarificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative clarifica
dative clarifícame clarifícate clarifícale clarifícanos not used clarifícales
accusative clarifícame clarifícate clarifícalo, clarifícala clarifícanos not used clarifícalos, clarifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative clarificá
dative clarificame clarificate clarificale clarificanos not used clarificales
accusative clarificame clarificate clarificalo, clarificala clarificanos not used clarificalos, clarificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative clarifique
dative clarifíqueme not used clarifíquele, clarifíquese clarifíquenos not used clarifíqueles
accusative clarifíqueme not used clarifíquelo, clarifíquela, clarifíquese clarifíquenos not used clarifíquelos, clarifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative clarifiquemos
dative not used clarifiquémoste clarifiquémosle clarifiquémonos clarifiquémoos clarifiquémosles
accusative not used clarifiquémoste clarifiquémoslo, clarifiquémosla clarifiquémonos clarifiquémoos clarifiquémoslos, clarifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative clarificad
dative clarificadme not used clarificadle clarificadnos clarificaos clarificadles
accusative clarificadme not used clarificadlo, clarificadla clarificadnos clarificaos clarificadlos, clarificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative clarifiquen
dative clarifíquenme not used clarifíquenle clarifíquennos not used clarifíquenles, clarifíquense
accusative clarifíquenme not used clarifíquenlo, clarifíquenla clarifíquennos not used clarifíquenlos, clarifíquenlas, clarifíquense

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