amplificar
Spanish, verb/amplifiˈkaɾ/
amplificar is spelled A-M-P-L-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amplificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to enlarge, extend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aumentar la intensidad o alcance de algo usando para ello los instrumentos o medios apropiados”.
What does amplificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to enlarge, extend
- 2
to amplify, magnify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aumentar la intensidad o alcance de algo usando para ello los instrumentos o medios apropiados 2. Desarrollo de un tema mediante la enumeración de los elementos complementarios con el fin de intensificar el sentido y el valor de dicho tema
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amplificar
- amplifico first-person present singular
- amplifiqué first-person preterite singular
- amplificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- amplificando gerund
- amplificada feminine participle past
- amplificados masculine participle past
- amplificadas feminine participle past
- amplificas indicative informal present
- amplificás indicative informal present
- amplifica indicative present singular
- amplificamos first-person indicative plural
- amplificáis indicative plural present
- amplifican indicative plural present
- amplificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amplificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amplificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amplificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amplificar?
- /amplifiˈkaɾ/
- [ãm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
- [ãmplifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amplificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amplificar in Spanish?
amplificar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).