identificar
Spanish, verb/identifiˈkaɾ/
identificar is spelled I-D-E-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (11 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,621st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Identificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to identify, to pinpoint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reconocer si algo o alguien es el mismo que se piensa o se busca. Establecer su identidad”.
What does identificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to identify, to pinpoint
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reconocer si algo o alguien es el mismo que se piensa o se busca. Establecer su identidad. 2. Equiparar o igualar dos o más cosas.
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 identificar
- identifico first-person present singular
- identifiqué first-person preterite singular
- identificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- identificando gerund
- identificada feminine participle past
- identificados masculine participle past
- identificadas feminine participle past
- identificas indicative informal present
- identificás indicative informal present
- identifica indicative present singular
- identificamos first-person indicative plural
- identificáis indicative plural present
- identifican indicative plural present
- identificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- identificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- identificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- identificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce identificar?
- /identifiˈkaɾ/
- [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [ið̞ẽn̪t̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to identificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is identificar in Spanish?
identificar appears 22 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).