classificar

classificar (first-person singular present classifico, past participle classificat)

1. to classify
2. to qualify

classificar (first-person singular present indicative classifico, past participle classificado)

1. (transitive) to classify; to sort; to rank; to grade (to divide into classes)

   Os professores classificarão os estudantes em espertos e burros.

   The teachers will divide the students between smart ones and stupid ones.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em) to place (to earn a given spot in a competition)

   Ela se classificou em quarto lugar na corrida.

   She placed fourth in the race.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with em) to qualify (to earn a spot in the next round of a competition)

   Ela se classificou na corrida, mas eu não.

   She qualified in the race, but I didn’t.

• (to rank): seriar