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desertificar

Portuguese, verb/de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/

desertificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to desertify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does desertificar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to desertify

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

Forms of desertificar

  • desertifico first-person present singular
  • desertifiquei first-person preterite singular
  • desertificado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • desertificares infinitive second-person singular
  • desertificarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • desertificardes infinitive plural second-person
  • desertificarem infinitive plural third-person
  • desertificando gerund
  • desertificados masculine participle past
  • desertificada feminine participle past
  • desertificadas feminine participle past
  • desertificas indicative present second-person
  • desertifica indicative present singular
  • desertificamos first-person indicative plural
  • desertificais indicative plural present
  • desertificam indicative plural present
  • desertificava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desertificar?

  • Brazil /de.zeʁ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [de.zeh.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
  • /de.zeɾ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/

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