testificar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testifico, testificare. Doublet of the inherited testiguar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /testifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪es.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tes‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiqué, past participle testificado)

  1. to testify
  2. to give evidence

Conjugation
    Conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive testificar
gerund testificando
past participle masculine feminine
singular testificado testificada
plural testificados testificadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present testifico testificastú
testificásvos		 testifica testificamos testificáis testifican
imperfect testificaba testificabas testificaba testificábamos testificabais testificaban
preterite testifiqué testificaste testificó testificamos testificasteis testificaron
future testificaré testificarás testificará testificaremos testificaréis testificarán
conditional testificaría testificarías testificaría testificaríamos testificaríais testificarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present testifique testifiquestú
testifiquésvos2		 testifique testifiquemos testifiquéis testifiquen
imperfect
(ra)		 testificara testificaras testificara testificáramos testificarais testificaran
imperfect
(se)		 testificase testificases testificase testificásemos testificaseis testificasen
future1 testificare testificares testificare testificáremos testificareis testificaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative testificatú
testificávos		 testifique testifiquemos testificad testifiquen
negative no testifiques no testifique no testifiquemos no testifiquéis no testifiquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of testificar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive testificar
dative testificarme testificarte testificarle, testificarse testificarnos testificaros testificarles, testificarse
accusative testificarme testificarte testificarlo, testificarla, testificarse testificarnos testificaros testificarlos, testificarlas, testificarse
with gerund testificando
dative testificándome testificándote testificándole, testificándose testificándonos testificándoos testificándoles, testificándose
accusative testificándome testificándote testificándolo, testificándola, testificándose testificándonos testificándoos testificándolos, testificándolas, testificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative testifica
dative testifícame testifícate testifícale testifícanos not used testifícales
accusative testifícame testifícate testifícalo, testifícala testifícanos not used testifícalos, testifícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative testificá
dative testificame testificate testificale testificanos not used testificales
accusative testificame testificate testificalo, testificala testificanos not used testificalos, testificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative testifique
dative testifíqueme not used testifíquele, testifíquese testifíquenos not used testifíqueles
accusative testifíqueme not used testifíquelo, testifíquela, testifíquese testifíquenos not used testifíquelos, testifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative testifiquemos
dative not used testifiquémoste testifiquémosle testifiquémonos testifiquémoos testifiquémosles
accusative not used testifiquémoste testifiquémoslo, testifiquémosla testifiquémonos testifiquémoos testifiquémoslos, testifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative testificad
dative testificadme not used testificadle testificadnos testificaos testificadles
accusative testificadme not used testificadlo, testificadla testificadnos testificaos testificadlos, testificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative testifiquen
dative testifíquenme not used testifíquenle testifíquennos not used testifíquenles, testifíquense
accusative testifíquenme not used testifíquenlo, testifíquenla testifíquennos not used testifíquenlos, testifíquenlas, testifíquense

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