pacificar
Spanish, verb/paθifiˈkaɾ/
pacificar is spelled P-A-C-I-F-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pacificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pacify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecer paz o calma donde había guerra, violencia o algún disturbio”.
What does pacificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pacify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Establecer paz o calma donde había guerra, violencia o algún disturbio. 2. Llevar reconciliación o concordia donde no las había.
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 pacificar
- pacifico first-person present singular
- pacifiqué first-person preterite singular
- pacificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- pacificando gerund
- pacificada feminine participle past
- pacificados masculine participle past
- pacificadas feminine participle past
- pacificas indicative informal present
- pacificás indicative informal present
- pacifica indicative present singular
- pacificamos first-person indicative plural
- pacificáis indicative plural present
- pacifican indicative plural present
- pacificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pacificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pacificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pacificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pacificar?
- /paθifiˈkaɾ/
- [pa.θi.fiˈkaɾ]
- /pasifiˈkaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pacificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pacificar in Spanish?
pacificar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).