testificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testificārī

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təs.ti.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tes.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧fi‧car
• Homophone: testificà (except Valencian)

Verb

testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiquí, past participle testificat)

1. to testify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of testificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			testificar
gerund			testificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		testificat		testificada
		plural		testificats		testificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	testifico	testifiques	testifica	testifiquem	testifiqueu	testifiquen
	imperfect	testificava	testificaves	testificava	testificàvem	testificàveu	testificaven
	future	testificaré	testificaràs	testificarà	testificarem	testificareu	testificaran
	preterite	testifiquí	testificares	testificà	testificàrem	testificàreu	testificaren
	conditional	testificaria	testificaries	testificaria	testificaríem	testificaríeu	testificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	testifiqui	testifiquis	testifiqui	testifiquem	testifiqueu	testifiquin
	imperfect	testifiqués	testifiquessis	testifiqués	testifiquéssim	testifiquéssiu	testifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	testifica	testifiqui	testifiquem	testifiqueu	testifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no testifiquis	no testifiqui	no testifiquem	no testifiqueu	no testifiquin

Further reading

• “testificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “testificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “testificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “testificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin testificārī

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /testifiˈkaɾ/ [t̪es̺.t̪i.fiˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

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

1. to testify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	testificar
Personal	testificar	testificares	testificar	testificarmos	testificardes	testificaren
Gerund
	testificando
Past participle
Masculine	testificado			testificados
Feminine	testificada			testificadas
Indicative
Present	testifico	testificas	testifica	testificamos	testificades	testifican
Imperfect	testificaba	testificabas	testificaba	testificabamos	testificabades	testificaban
Preterite	testifiquei	testificaches	testificou	testificamos	testificastes	testificaron
Pluperfect	testificara	testificaras	testificara	testificaramos	testificarades	testificaran
Future	testificarei	testificarás	testificará	testificaremos	testificaredes	testificarán
Conditional	testificaría	testificarías	testificaría	testificariamos	testificariades	testificarían
Subjunctive
Present	testifique	testifiques	testifique	testifiquemos	testifiquedes	testifiquen
Imperfect	testificase	testificases	testificase	testificásemos	testificásedes	testificasen
Future	testificar	testificares	testificar	testificarmos	testificardes	testificaren
Imperative
Affirmative		testifica	testifique	testifiquemos	testificade	testifiquen
Negative (non)		non testifiques	non testifique	non testifiquemos	non testifiquedes	non testifiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of testificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	testificar
Personal	testificar	testificares	testificar	testificarmos	testificardes	testificarem
Gerund
	testificando
Past participle
Masculine	testificado			testificados
Feminine	testificada			testificadas
Indicative
Present	testifico	testificas	testifica	testificamos	testificades, testificais	testificam
Imperfect	testificava	testificavas	testificava	testificávamos	testificávades, testificáveis, testificávais1	testificavam
Preterite	testifiquei	testificaste, testificache1	testificou	testificamos	testificastes	testificárom, testificaram
Pluperfect	testificara	testificaras	testificara	testificáramos	testificárades, testificáreis, testificárais1	testificaram
Future	testificarei	testificarás	testificará	testificaremos	testificaredes, testificareis	testificarám, testificarão
Conditional	testificaria	testificarias	testificaria	testificaríamos	testificaríades, testificaríeis, testificaríais1	testificariam
Subjunctive
Present	testifique	testifiques	testifique	testifiquemos	testifiquedes, testifiqueis	testifiquem
Imperfect	testificasse	testificasses	testificasse	testificássemos	testificássedes, testificásseis	testificassem
Future	testificar	testificares	testificar	testificarmos	testificardes	testificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		testifica	testifique	testifiquemos	testificade, testificai	testifiquem
Negative (nom)		nom testifiques	nom testifique	nom testifiquemos	nom testifiquedes, nom testifiqueis	nom testifiquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• testificación

Further reading

• “testificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “testificar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testificārī. 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

Related terms

• test
• testificación

 

Further reading

• “testificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28