purificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūrificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pu.ɾi.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pu.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]

Verb

purificar (first-person singular present purifico, first-person singular preterite purifiquí, past participle purificat)

1. to purify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of purificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			purificar
gerund			purificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		purificat		purificada
		plural		purificats		purificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	purifico	purifiques	purifica	purifiquem	purifiqueu	purifiquen
	imperfect	purificava	purificaves	purificava	purificàvem	purificàveu	purificaven
	future	purificaré	purificaràs	purificarà	purificarem	purificareu	purificaran
	preterite	purifiquí	purificares	purificà	purificàrem	purificàreu	purificaren
	conditional	purificaria	purificaries	purificaria	purificaríem	purificaríeu	purificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	purifiqui	purifiquis	purifiqui	purifiquem	purifiqueu	purifiquin
	imperfect	purifiqués	purifiquessis	purifiqués	purifiquéssim	purifiquéssiu	purifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	purifica	purifiqui	purifiquem	purifiqueu	purifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no purifiquis	no purifiqui	no purifiquem	no purifiqueu	no purifiquin

Related terms

• purificació

Further reading

• “purificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “purificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “purificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “purificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin pūrificāre.

Verb

purificar (first-person singular present purifico, first-person singular preterite purifiquei, past participle purificado)

1. (transitive) to purify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of purificar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	purificar
Personal	purificar	purificares	purificar	purificarmos	purificardes	purificaren
Gerund
	purificando
Past participle
Masculine	purificado			purificados
Feminine	purificada			purificadas
Indicative
Present	purifico	purificas	purifica	purificamos	purificades	purifican
Imperfect	purificaba	purificabas	purificaba	purificabamos	purificabades	purificaban
Preterite	purifiquei	purificaches	purificou	purificamos	purificastes	purificaron
Pluperfect	purificara	purificaras	purificara	purificaramos	purificarades	purificaran
Future	purificarei	purificarás	purificará	purificaremos	purificaredes	purificarán
Conditional	purificaría	purificarías	purificaría	purificariamos	purificariades	purificarían
Subjunctive
Present	purifique	purifiques	purifique	purifiquemos	purifiquedes	purifiquen
Imperfect	purificase	purificases	purificase	purificásemos	purificásedes	purificasen
Future	purificar	purificares	purificar	purificarmos	purificardes	purificaren
Imperative
Affirmative		purifica	purifique	purifiquemos	purificade	purifiquen
Negative (non)		non purifiques	non purifique	non purifiquemos	non purifiquedes	non purifiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of purificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	purificar
Personal	purificar	purificares	purificar	purificarmos	purificardes	purificarem
Gerund
	purificando
Past participle
Masculine	purificado			purificados
Feminine	purificada			purificadas
Indicative
Present	purifico	purificas	purifica	purificamos	purificades, purificais	purificam
Imperfect	purificava	purificavas	purificava	purificávamos	purificávades, purificáveis, purificávais1	purificavam
Preterite	purifiquei	purificaste, purificache1	purificou	purificamos	purificastes	purificárom, purificaram
Pluperfect	purificara	purificaras	purificara	purificáramos	purificárades, purificáreis, purificárais1	purificaram
Future	purificarei	purificarás	purificará	purificaremos	purificaredes, purificareis	purificarám, purificarão
Conditional	purificaria	purificarias	purificaria	purificaríamos	purificaríades, purificaríeis, purificaríais1	purificariam
Subjunctive
Present	purifique	purifiques	purifique	purifiquemos	purifiquedes, purifiqueis	purifiquem
Imperfect	purificasse	purificasses	purificasse	purificássemos	purificássedes, purificásseis	purificassem
Future	purificar	purificares	purificar	purificarmos	purificardes	purificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		purifica	purifique	purifiquemos	purificade, purificai	purifiquem
Negative (nom)		nom purifiques	nom purifique	nom purifiquemos	nom purifiquedes, nom purifiqueis	nom purifiquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• purificación
• purificador
• purificante

Further reading

• “purificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “purificar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūrificāre. By surface analysis, puro +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [pu.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [pu.ɾi.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [pu.ɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pu‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

purificar (first-person singular present purifico, first-person singular preterite purifiquei, past participle purificado)

1. (transitive) to purify, to refine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of purificar (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	purificar
Personal	purificar	purificares	purificar	purificarmos	purificardes	purificarem
Gerund
	purificando
Past participle
Masculine	purificado			purificados
Feminine	purificada			purificadas
Indicative
Present	purifico	purificas	purifica	purificamos	purificais	purificam
Imperfect	purificava	purificavas	purificava	purificávamos	purificáveis	purificavam
Preterite	purifiquei	purificaste	purificou	purificamos1, purificámos2	purificastes	purificaram
Pluperfect	purificara	purificaras	purificara	purificáramos	purificáreis	purificaram
Future	purificarei	purificarás	purificará	purificaremos	purificareis	purificarão
Conditional	purificaria	purificarias	purificaria	purificaríamos	purificaríeis	purificariam
Subjunctive
Present	purifique	purifiques	purifique	purifiquemos	purifiqueis	purifiquem
Imperfect	purificasse	purificasses	purificasse	purificássemos	purificásseis	purificassem
Future	purificar	purificares	purificar	purificarmos	purificardes	purificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		purifica	purifique	purifiquemos	purificai	purifiquem
Negative (não)		não purifiques	não purifique	não purifiquemos	não purifiqueis	não purifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• purificação

Further reading

• “purificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pūrificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾifiˈkaɾ/ [pu.ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pu‧ri‧fi‧car

Verb

purificar (first-person singular present purifico, first-person singular preterite purifiqué, past participle purificado)

1. to purify
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 182:

     La Virgen del Carmen baja todos los miércoles al purgatorio, a sacar las almas purificadas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of purificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			purificar
gerund			purificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		purificado		purificada
		plural		purificados		purificadas
		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	purifico	purificastú purificásvos	purifica	purificamos	purificáis	purifican
	imperfect	purificaba	purificabas	purificaba	purificábamos	purificabais	purificaban
	preterite	purifiqué	purificaste	purificó	purificamos	purificasteis	purificaron
	future	purificaré	purificarás	purificará	purificaremos	purificaréis	purificarán
	conditional	purificaría	purificarías	purificaría	purificaríamos	purificaríais	purificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	purifique	purifiquestú purifiquésvos2	purifique	purifiquemos	purifiquéis	purifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	purificara	purificaras	purificara	purificáramos	purificarais	purificaran
	imperfect (se)	purificase	purificases	purificase	purificásemos	purificaseis	purificasen
	future1	purificare	purificares	purificare	purificáremos	purificareis	purificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		purificatú purificávos	purifique	purifiquemos	purificad	purifiquen
	negative		no purifiques	no purifique	no purifiquemos	no purifiquéis	no purifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of purificar (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 purificar	dative	purificarme	purificarte	purificarle, purificarse	purificarnos	purificaros	purificarles, purificarse
	accusative	purificarme	purificarte	purificarlo, purificarla, purificarse	purificarnos	purificaros	purificarlos, purificarlas, purificarse
with gerund purificando	dative	purificándome	purificándote	purificándole, purificándose	purificándonos	purificándoos	purificándoles, purificándose
	accusative	purificándome	purificándote	purificándolo, purificándola, purificándose	purificándonos	purificándoos	purificándolos, purificándolas, purificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative purifica	dative	purifícame	purifícate	purifícale	purifícanos	not used	purifícales
	accusative	purifícame	purifícate	purifícalo, purifícala	purifícanos	not used	purifícalos, purifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative purificá	dative	purificame	purificate	purificale	purificanos	not used	purificales
	accusative	purificame	purificate	purificalo, purificala	purificanos	not used	purificalos, purificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative purifique	dative	purifíqueme	not used	purifíquele, purifíquese	purifíquenos	not used	purifíqueles
	accusative	purifíqueme	not used	purifíquelo, purifíquela, purifíquese	purifíquenos	not used	purifíquelos, purifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative purifiquemos	dative	not used	purifiquémoste	purifiquémosle	purifiquémonos	purifiquémoos	purifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	purifiquémoste	purifiquémoslo, purifiquémosla	purifiquémonos	purifiquémoos	purifiquémoslos, purifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative purificad	dative	purificadme	not used	purificadle	purificadnos	purificaos	purificadles
	accusative	purificadme	not used	purificadlo, purificadla	purificadnos	purificaos	purificadlos, purificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative purifiquen	dative	purifíquenme	not used	purifíquenle	purifíquennos	not used	purifíquenles, purifíquense
	accusative	purifíquenme	not used	purifíquenlo, purifíquenla	purifíquennos	not used	purifíquenlos, purifíquenlas, purifíquense

Derived terms

• purificador
• purificante

Related terms

• purificación

Further reading

• “purificar”, 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