rectificar
Spanish, verb/reɡtifiˈkaɾ/
rectificar is spelled R-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rectificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to rectify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reducir de tamaño a un objeto que se encuentra muy grande”.
What does rectificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rectify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reducir de tamaño a un objeto que se encuentra muy grande. 2. Contradecir lo que ya se ha dicho. 3. Modificar la propia opinión vertida. 4. Corregir las imperfecciones de algo ya hecho.
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 rectificar
- rectifico first-person present singular
- rectifiqué first-person preterite singular
- rectificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- rectificando gerund
- rectificada feminine participle past
- rectificados masculine participle past
- rectificadas feminine participle past
- rectificas indicative informal present
- rectificás indicative informal present
- rectifica indicative present singular
- rectificamos first-person indicative plural
- rectificáis indicative plural present
- rectifican indicative plural present
- rectificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rectificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rectificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rectificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rectificar?
- /reɡtifiˈkaɾ/
- [reɣ̞.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [rekt̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rectificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rectificar in Spanish?
rectificar appears 2.9 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).