saponificar
Spanish, verb/saponifiˈkaɾ/
saponificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to saponify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir un éster en jabón o glicerina, haciendo reaccionar los ácidos que contiene con un álcali u otros…”.
What does saponificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to saponify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir un éster en jabón o glicerina, haciendo reaccionar los ácidos que contiene con un álcali u otros óxidos metálicos.
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 saponificar
- saponifico first-person present singular
- saponifiqué first-person preterite singular
- saponificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- saponificando gerund
- saponificada feminine participle past
- saponificados masculine participle past
- saponificadas feminine participle past
- saponificas indicative informal present
- saponificás indicative informal present
- saponifica indicative present singular
- saponificamos first-person indicative plural
- saponificáis indicative plural present
- saponifican indicative plural present
- saponificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- saponificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- saponificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- saponificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saponificar?
- /saponifiˈkaɾ/
- [sa.po.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
- [saponifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.