amplificar
Portuguese, verb/ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/
amplificar is spelled A-M-P-L-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amplificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to amplify (to make bigger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ampliar, tornar amplo”.
What does amplificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to amplify (to make bigger)
- 2
to amplify (to increase the amplitude of a signal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ampliar, tornar amplo 2. dilatar 3. aumentar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amplificar
- amplifico first-person present singular
- amplifiquei first-person preterite singular
- amplificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- amplificares infinitive second-person singular
- amplificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- amplificardes infinitive plural second-person
- amplificarem infinitive plural third-person
- amplificando gerund
- amplificados masculine participle past
- amplificada feminine participle past
- amplificadas feminine participle past
- amplificas indicative present second-person
- amplifica indicative present singular
- amplificamos first-person indicative plural
- amplificais indicative plural present
- amplificam indicative plural present
- amplificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amplificar?
- Brazil /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(h)]
- /ɐ̃.pli.fiˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amplificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amplificar in Portuguese?
amplificar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).