certificar

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, past participle certificat)

1. (transitive) to certify

• certificació
• certificat

• “certificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin certificare, corresponding to certo (“certain; correct”) +‎ -ificar.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌseʁ.t͡ʃi.fi.ˈka(ʁ)/, /seʁ.ˌt͡ʃi.fi.ˈka(ʁ)/

certificar (first-person singular present indicative certifico, past participle certificado)

1. (transitive) to certify; to attest (to assert as true or meeting a standard)

   O perito certificou a assinatura.

   The specialist certified the signature.

2. (transitive) to certify (to give an official certificate to)

   O ministério não quis certificar a nossa ONG.

   The ministry didn’t want to certify our NGO.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to make sure (to check whether something is true or proper)

   Certifiquem-se de que a válvula esteja fechada.

   Make sure the valve is closed.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, auxiliary with de and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to make sure (to remember to)

   Espero que alguém se certifique de trazer a comida.

   I hope someone makes sure they bring the food.

• (to assert as true): atestar, asseverar
• (to check whether something is true): garantir
• (not to forget to): lembrar(-se) de

From Vulgar Latin *certificare, from Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /θertifiˈkaɾ/, [θert̪ifiˈkaɾ]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /sertifiˈkaɾ/, [sert̪ifiˈkaɾ]

certificar (first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiqué, past participle certificado)

1. (transitive) to certify

• c becomes qu before e.

• certificación
• certificado

• “certificar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.