santificar
Spanish, verb/santifiˈkaɾ/
santificar is spelled S-A-N-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sanctify, to hallow, to make holy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dotar a algo o alguien de santidad”.
What does santificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sanctify, to hallow, to make holy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dotar a algo o alguien de santidad. 2. Reconocer la santidad de alguno, en especial de manera formal u oficial
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 santificar
- santifico first-person present singular
- santifiqué first-person preterite singular
- santificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- santificando gerund
- santificada feminine participle past
- santificados masculine participle past
- santificadas feminine participle past
- santificas indicative informal present
- santificás indicative informal present
- santifica indicative present singular
- santificamos first-person indicative plural
- santificáis indicative plural present
- santifican indicative plural present
- santificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- santificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- santificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- santificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce santificar?
- /santifiˈkaɾ/
- [sãn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [sãn̪t̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to santificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is santificar in Spanish?
santificar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).