justificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

Pronunciation

Verb

justificar (first-person singular present justifico, past participle justificat)

  1. to justify

Conjugation

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Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

justificar

  1. to justify

Conjugation

  • justificacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificāre, from Latin iūstus. By surface analysis, justo + -ificar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒuʃ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒuʃ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒuʃ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/

  • Hyphenation: jus‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

justificar (first-person singular present justifico, first-person singular preterite justifiquei, past participle justificado)

  1. to justify
  2. to warrant
  3. (intransitive, Brazil) to justify (to formally declare why one did not vote in the elections, to retain one's rights associated with voting)
    Faz anos que eu justifico, meu título de eleitor é de outro estado.
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Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:justificar.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • justificar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xustifiˈkaɾ/ [xus.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: jus‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

justificar (first-person singular present justifico, first-person singular preterite justifiqué, past participle justificado)

  1. to justify
  2. to account for

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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