# qualificar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quālificāre, from quālis +‎ -ficō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kwə.li.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kwa.li.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

qualificar (first-person singular present qualifico, first-person singular preterite qualifiquí, past participle qualificat)
* to qualify

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | qualificar | qualificar | qualificar | qualificar | qualificar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | qualificant | qualificant | qualificant | qualificant | qualificant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | qualificat | qualificat | qualificada | qualificada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | qualificats | qualificats | qualificades | qualificades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | qualifico | qualifiques | qualifica | qualifiquem | qualifiqueu | qualifiquen |
| indicative | imperfect | qualificava | qualificaves | qualificava | qualificàvem | qualificàveu | qualificaven |
| indicative | future | qualificaré | qualificaràs | qualificarà | qualificarem | qualificareu | qualificaran |
| indicative | preterite | qualifiquí | qualificares | qualificà | qualificàrem | qualificàreu | qualificaren |
| indicative | conditional | qualificaria | qualificaries | qualificaria | qualificaríem | qualificaríeu | qualificarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | qualifiqui | qualifiquis | qualifiqui | qualifiquem | qualifiqueu | qualifiquin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | qualifiqués | qualifiquessis | qualifiqués | qualifiquéssim | qualifiquéssiu | qualifiquessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | qualifica | qualifiqui | qualifiquem | qualifiqueu | qualifiquin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no qualifiquis | no qualifiqui | no qualifiquem | no qualifiqueu | no qualifiquin |

#### Derived terms

* majoria qualificada

#### Related terms

* qualificació

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin quālificāre. By surface analysis, qual +‎ -ificar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kwa.li.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kwa.li.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kwa.li.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kwa.li.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kwa.li.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kwa.li.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kwa.li.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kwa.li.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kwɐ.li.fiˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kwɐ.li.fiˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kwɐ.li.fiˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: qua‧li‧fi‧car

### Verb

qualificar (first-person singular present qualifico, first-person singular preterite qualifiquei, past participle qualificado)
* to qualify (all senses)
* to modify
* to classify

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* qualificação

### Further reading

* “qualificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024