fortificar
Spanish, verb/foɾtifiˈkaɾ/
fortificar is spelled F-O-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fortificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fortify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer más fuerte material o moralmente a alguien”.
What does fortificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fortify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer más fuerte material o moralmente a alguien. 2. Proteger un lugar con obras defensivas para que pueda soportar a los ataques del enemigo.
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 fortificar
- fortifico first-person present singular
- fortifiqué first-person preterite singular
- fortificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- fortificando gerund
- fortificada feminine participle past
- fortificados masculine participle past
- fortificadas feminine participle past
- fortificas indicative informal present
- fortificás indicative informal present
- fortifica indicative present singular
- fortificamos first-person indicative plural
- fortificáis indicative plural present
- fortifican indicative plural present
- fortificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fortificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fortificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fortificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fortificar?
- /foɾtifiˈkaɾ/
- [foɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [foɾt̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fortificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fortificar in Spanish?
fortificar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).