amplificar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin amplificare, present active infinitive of amplificō (I enlarge), from amplus (large) + faciō (I make).

Pronunciation

Verb

amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, past participle amplificat)

  1. (transitive) to amplify (to make bigger)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amplificāre (to enlarge). By surface analysis, amplo + -ificar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiquei, past participle amplificado)

  1. (transitive) to amplify (to make bigger)
    Synonyms: ampliar, aumentar
  2. (transitive, electronics) to amplify (to increase the amplitude of a signal)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin amplificāre, present active infinitive of amplificō (to enlarge), from amplus (large) + faciō (to make). Synchronically analyzable as amplio + -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amplifiˈkaɾ/ [ãm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: am‧pli‧fi‧car

Verb

amplificar (first-person singular present amplifico, first-person singular preterite amplifiqué, past participle amplificado)

  1. to enlarge, extend
  2. to amplify, magnify

Conjugation

Further reading

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