versificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bər.si.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vər.si.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veɾ.si.fiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: versificà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

versificar (first-person singular present versifico, first-person singular preterite versifiquí, past participle versificat)

1. (transitive) to versify

Conjugation

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

infinitive			versificar
gerund			versificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		versificat		versificada
		plural		versificats		versificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	versifico	versifiques	versifica	versifiquem	versifiqueu	versifiquen
	imperfect	versificava	versificaves	versificava	versificàvem	versificàveu	versificaven
	future	versificaré	versificaràs	versificarà	versificarem	versificareu	versificaran
	preterite	versifiquí	versificares	versificà	versificàrem	versificàreu	versificaren
	conditional	versificaria	versificaries	versificaria	versificaríem	versificaríeu	versificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	versifiqui	versifiquis	versifiqui	versifiquem	versifiqueu	versifiquin
	imperfect	versifiqués	versifiquessis	versifiqués	versifiquéssim	versifiquéssiu	versifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	versifica	versifiqui	versifiquem	versifiqueu	versifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no versifiquis	no versifiqui	no versifiquem	no versifiqueu	no versifiquin

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin versificāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [veh.si.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [veh.si.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾ.si.fiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁ.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [veχ.si.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.si.fiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.si.fiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.si.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾ.si.fiˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.si.fiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ver‧si‧fi‧car

Verb

versificar (first-person singular present versifico, first-person singular preterite versifiquei, past participle versificado)

1. to versify (compose verses)
2. to versify (turn prose into poetry)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of versificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	versificar
Personal	versificar	versificares	versificar	versificarmos	versificardes	versificarem
Gerund
	versificando
Past participle
Masculine	versificado			versificados
Feminine	versificada			versificadas
Indicative
Present	versifico	versificas	versifica	versificamos	versificais	versificam
Imperfect	versificava	versificavas	versificava	versificávamos	versificáveis	versificavam
Preterite	versifiquei	versificaste	versificou	versificamos1, versificámos2	versificastes	versificaram
Pluperfect	versificara	versificaras	versificara	versificáramos	versificáreis	versificaram
Future	versificarei	versificarás	versificará	versificaremos	versificareis	versificarão
Conditional	versificaria	versificarias	versificaria	versificaríamos	versificaríeis	versificariam
Subjunctive
Present	versifique	versifiques	versifique	versifiquemos	versifiqueis	versifiquem
Imperfect	versificasse	versificasses	versificasse	versificássemos	versificásseis	versificassem
Future	versificar	versificares	versificar	versificarmos	versificardes	versificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		versifica	versifique	versifiquemos	versificai	versifiquem
Negative (não)		não versifiques	não versifique	não versifiquemos	não versifiqueis	não versifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• versar, versejar

Further reading

• “versificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “versificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin versificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾsifiˈkaɾ/ [beɾ.si.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ver‧si‧fi‧car

Verb

versificar (first-person singular present versifico, first-person singular preterite versifiqué, past participle versificado)

1. to versify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of versificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			versificar
gerund			versificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		versificado		versificada
		plural		versificados		versificadas
		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	versifico	versificastú versificásvos	versifica	versificamos	versificáis	versifican
	imperfect	versificaba	versificabas	versificaba	versificábamos	versificabais	versificaban
	preterite	versifiqué	versificaste	versificó	versificamos	versificasteis	versificaron
	future	versificaré	versificarás	versificará	versificaremos	versificaréis	versificarán
	conditional	versificaría	versificarías	versificaría	versificaríamos	versificaríais	versificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	versifique	versifiquestú versifiquésvos2	versifique	versifiquemos	versifiquéis	versifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	versificara	versificaras	versificara	versificáramos	versificarais	versificaran
	imperfect (se)	versificase	versificases	versificase	versificásemos	versificaseis	versificasen
	future1	versificare	versificares	versificare	versificáremos	versificareis	versificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		versificatú versificávos	versifique	versifiquemos	versificad	versifiquen
	negative		no versifiques	no versifique	no versifiquemos	no versifiquéis	no versifiquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• versificador
• verso

Further reading

• “versificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024