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deificar

Spanish, verb/deifiˈkaɾ/

deificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make a god of; to deify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Divinizar, convertir en dios”.

What does deificar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to make a god of; to deify

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Divinizar, convertir en dios. 2. Alabar, ensalzar, ensaltecer, encarecer excesivamente a una persona.

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 deificar

  • deifico first-person present singular
  • deifiqué first-person preterite singular
  • deificado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • deificando gerund
  • deificada feminine participle past
  • deificados masculine participle past
  • deificadas feminine participle past
  • deificas indicative informal present
  • deificás indicative informal present
  • deifica indicative present singular
  • deificamos first-person indicative plural
  • deificáis indicative plural present
  • deifican indicative plural present
  • deificaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • deificabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • deificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • deificabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce deificar?

  • /deifiˈkaɾ/
  • [d̪ei̯.fiˈkaɾ]
  • [d̪ejfiˈkaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to deificar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is deificar in Spanish?

deificar appears about once in every 65 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).