retificar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
retificar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to correct, rectify, adjust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corrigir endireitar; alinhar”.
What does retificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to correct, rectify, adjust
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. corrigir endireitar; alinhar 2. recondicionar (motor de automóvel)
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 retificar
- retifico first-person present singular
- retifiquei first-person preterite singular
- retificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- retificares infinitive second-person singular
- retificarmos first-person infinitive plural
- retificardes infinitive plural second-person
- retificarem infinitive plural third-person
- retificando gerund
- retificados masculine participle past
- retificada feminine participle past
- retificadas feminine participle past
- retificas indicative present second-person
- retifica indicative present singular
- retificamos first-person indicative plural
- retificais indicative plural present
- retificam indicative plural present
- retificava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retificar?
- Brazil /ʁe.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
- /ʁe.t͡ʃi.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 retificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is retificar in Portuguese?
retificar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).