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edificar

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Catalan

Alternative forms

  • edifficar, edifichar, hedificar, hedifficar, edeficar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedificāre (to build, erect, establish; to create, frame).

Pronunciation

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquí, past participle edificat)

  1. (transitive) to build, construct
  2. (transitive) to build up

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedificāre (to build, erect, establish; to create, frame).

Pronunciation

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)

  1. to build
    • 1327, foundational inscription of the church of Santa María a Nova, Noia, Galicia:
      Esta igleja edificou e sagrou Don frei Beringel arcibispo de Santiago en 28 dias de janeiro era MCCCLXV (AD 1327) e foi procurador Pero Bochon desta obra
      This church was built and consecrated by friar Beringel, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, 28th of january, 1327; Pedro Bochón was the master of this work

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedificāre (to build, to erect, to establish; to create, to frame).

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [i.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.di.fiˈka.ɾi/ [i.ði.fiˈka.ɾi]

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)

  1. (transitive) to build

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedificāre (to build, erect, establish; to create, frame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /edifiˈkaɾ/ [e.ð̞i.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: e‧di‧fi‧car

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiqué, past participle edificado)

  1. (transitive) to build
  2. (transitive) to set a good example

Conjugation

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