modificar
Spanish, verb/modifiˈkaɾ/
modificar is spelled M-O-D-I-F-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,291st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Modificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to modify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “cambiar algo”.
What does modificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to modify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cambiar algo.
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 modificar
- modifico first-person present singular
- modifiqué first-person preterite singular
- modificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- modificando gerund
- modificada feminine participle past
- modificados masculine participle past
- modificadas feminine participle past
- modificas indicative informal present
- modificás indicative informal present
- modifica indicative present singular
- modificamos first-person indicative plural
- modificáis indicative plural present
- modifican indicative plural present
- modificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- modificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- modificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- modificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce modificar?
- /modifiˈkaɾ/
- [mo.ð̞i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [moð̞ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to modificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is modificar in Spanish?
modificar appears 14 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).