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sofisticar

Spanish, verb/sofistiˈkaɾ/

sofisticar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sophisticate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adulterar, falsificar con sofismas”.

What does sofisticar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to sophisticate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Adulterar, falsificar con sofismas.

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 sofisticar

  • sofistico first-person present singular
  • sofistiqué first-person preterite singular
  • sofisticado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • sofisticando gerund
  • sofisticada feminine participle past
  • sofisticados masculine participle past
  • sofisticadas feminine participle past
  • sofisticas indicative informal present
  • sofisticás indicative informal present
  • sofistica indicative present singular
  • sofisticamos first-person indicative plural
  • sofisticáis indicative plural present
  • sofistican indicative plural present
  • sofisticaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • sofisticabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • sofisticábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • sofisticabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sofisticar?

  • /sofistiˈkaɾ/
  • [so.fis.t̪iˈkaɾ]
  • [sofist̪iˈkaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.