magnificar
Portuguese, verb/ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
magnificar is spelled M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to magnify (make larger)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ampliar, aumentar”.
What does magnificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to magnify (make larger)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ampliar, aumentar 2. engrandecer com honras; enaltecer; glorificar
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 magnificar
- magnifico first-person present singular
- magnifiquei first-person preterite singular
- magnificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- magnificares infinitive second-person singular
- magnificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- magnificardes infinitive plural second-person
- magnificarem infinitive plural third-person
- magnificando gerund
- magnificados masculine participle past
- magnificada feminine participle past
- magnificadas feminine participle past
- magnificas indicative present second-person
- magnifica indicative present singular
- magnificamos first-person indicative plural
- magnificais indicative plural present
- magnificam indicative plural present
- magnificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce magnificar?
- Brazil /ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ma.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)]
- Brazil /maɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to magnificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is magnificar in Portuguese?
magnificar appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).