# confirmar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfirmāre. First attested in the 15th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kuɱ.firˈma]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɱ.firˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɱ.fiɾˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmí, past participle confirmat)
* (transitive) to confirm
    Synonyms: refermar, mantenir, comprovar
* (transitive, ironic) to slap
    Synonyms: bufetejar, galtejar

#### Related terms

* confirmació

### References

* ↑ “confirmar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confirmar, from Latin cōnfirmō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koɱfiɾˈmaɾ]

### Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmei, past participle confirmado)
* to confirm
* (Christianity, transitive or pronominal) to confirm (to administer the sacrament of confirmation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* confirmación

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “confirmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “confirmar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “confirmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “confirmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “confirmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “confirmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “confirmar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmō, attested from the 12th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

confirmar
* to confirm

#### Related terms

* confirmacion

### References

* ↑ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 151.

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 276.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfirmāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiɦˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiɦˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.fiɾˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiʁˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fiɻˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fiɾˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fiɾˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fiɾˈma.ɾi/

### Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmei, past participle confirmado)
* to confirm, corroborate, affirm

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* confirmação

### Further reading

* “confirmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “confirmar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konfiɾˈmaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiɾˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧fir‧mar

### Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmé, past participle confirmado)
* to confirm (accept something)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* excepción que confirma la regla

#### Related terms

* confirmación

#### Further reading

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