magnificar
Spanish, verb/maɡnifiˈkaɾ/
magnificar is spelled M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to extol, praise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aumentar, hacer algo grande o mayor”.
What does magnificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extol, praise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aumentar, hacer algo grande o mayor. 2. Celebrar con palabras la grandeza o magnificencia de algo. 3. Poner a alguien en un nivel, dignidad o cargo más alto o superior.
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 magnificar
- magnifico first-person present singular
- magnifiqué first-person preterite singular
- magnificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- magnificando gerund
- magnificada feminine participle past
- magnificados masculine participle past
- magnificadas feminine participle past
- magnificas indicative informal present
- magnificás indicative informal present
- magnifica indicative present singular
- magnificamos first-person indicative plural
- magnificáis indicative plural present
- magnifican indicative plural present
- magnificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- magnificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- magnificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- magnificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnificar?
- /maɡnifiˈkaɾ/
- [maɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
- [maɣ̞nifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnificar in Spanish?
magnificar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).