ratificar
Spanish, verb/ratifiˈkaɾ/
ratificar is spelled R-A-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,682nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ratificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to ratify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Confirmar y mantener la validez o verdad de palabras”.
What does ratificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ratify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Confirmar y mantener la validez o verdad de palabras
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 ratificar
- ratifico first-person present singular
- ratifiqué first-person preterite singular
- ratificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- ratificando gerund
- ratificada feminine participle past
- ratificados masculine participle past
- ratificadas feminine participle past
- ratificas indicative informal present
- ratificás indicative informal present
- ratifica indicative present singular
- ratificamos first-person indicative plural
- ratificáis indicative plural present
- ratifican indicative plural present
- ratificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- ratificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- ratificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ratificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ratificar?
- /ratifiˈkaɾ/
- [ra.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [rat̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ratificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ratificar in Spanish?
ratificar appears 1.9 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).