-ificar
Portuguese, suffix/i.fiˈka(ʁ)/
-ificar is spelled I-F-I-C-A-R (6 letters). -ificar is a Portuguese suffix meaning “-ify (forms verbs, from adjectives, indicating process of causing an object to gain the given characteristic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -ificar mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-ify (forms verbs, from adjectives, indicating process of causing an object to gain the given characteristic)
falso (“false”) + -ificar → falsificar (“to falsify”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce -ificar?
- Brazil /i.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [i.fiˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.