ejemplificar
Spanish, verb/exemplifiˈkaɾ/
ejemplificar is spelled E-J-E-M-P-L-I-F-I-C-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 53,393rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ejemplificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to exemplify, to give an example, to serve as an example” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Probar, enseñar o autorizar con ejemplos aquello que se afirma”.
What does ejemplificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exemplify, to give an example, to serve as an example
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Probar, enseñar o autorizar con ejemplos aquello que se afirma. 2. Lo mismo que ejemplarizar.
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 ejemplificar
- ejemplifico first-person present singular
- ejemplifiqué first-person preterite singular
- ejemplificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- ejemplificando gerund
- ejemplificada feminine participle past
- ejemplificados masculine participle past
- ejemplificadas feminine participle past
- ejemplificas indicative informal present
- ejemplificás indicative informal present
- ejemplifica indicative present singular
- ejemplificamos first-person indicative plural
- ejemplificáis indicative plural present
- ejemplifican indicative plural present
- ejemplificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ejemplificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ejemplificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ejemplificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ejemplificar?
- /exemplifiˈkaɾ/
- [e.xẽm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
- [exẽmplifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ejemplificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ejemplificar in Spanish?
ejemplificar 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).