certificar
Spanish, verb/θeɾtifiˈkaɾ/
certificar is spelled C-E-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Certificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to certify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecer, afirmar, dar por cierto algo”.
What does certificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to certify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Establecer, afirmar, dar por cierto algo 2. Expedir el servicio de correos una garantía, por la cual se obliga a hacer llegar a destino una carta o paquete que se remite por esa vía 3. Hacer constar por documento público una realidad, por quien está facultado por derecho para ello
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 certificar
- certifico first-person present singular
- certifiqué first-person preterite singular
- certificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- certificando gerund
- certificada feminine participle past
- certificados masculine participle past
- certificadas feminine participle past
- certificas indicative informal present
- certificás indicative informal present
- certifica indicative present singular
- certificamos first-person indicative plural
- certificáis indicative plural present
- certifican indicative plural present
- certificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- certificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- certificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- certificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce certificar?
- /θeɾtifiˈkaɾ/
- [θeɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- /seɾtifiˈkaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to certificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is certificar in Spanish?
certificar appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).