# edificar
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* edifficar, edifichar, hedificar, hedifficar, edeficar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ði.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.ði.fiˈkaɾ]

### Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquí, past participle edificat)
* (transitive) to build, construct
* (transitive) to build up

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “edificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “edificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “edificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “edificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eðifiˈkaɾ/

### Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)
* to build
** 1327, foundational inscription of the church of Santa María a Nova, Noia, Galicia:
    Esta igleja edificou e sagrou Don frei Beringel arcibispo de Santiago en 28 dias de janeiro era MCCCLXV (AD 1327) e foi procurador Pero Bochon desta obraThis church was built and consecrated by friar Beringel, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, 28th of january, 1327; Pedro Bochón was the master of this work

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “edificar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “edificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “edificar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aedificāre (“to build, to erect, to establish; to create, to frame”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.d͡ʒi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [i.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.di.fiˈkaɾ/ [i.ði.fiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.di.fiˈka.ɾi/ [i.ði.fiˈka.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: e‧di‧fi‧car

### Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)
* (transitive) to build

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* edificação

### Further reading

* “edificar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “edificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “edificar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “edificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “edificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /edifiˈkaɾ/ [e.ð̞i.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: e‧di‧fi‧car

### Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiqué, past participle edificado)
* (transitive) to build
* (transitive) to set a good example

#### 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

* edificable
* edificante
* edificar sobre arena

#### Related terms

* edificación
* edificador
* edificio

### Further reading

* “edificar”, 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