# afirmar
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afiɾˈmaɾ/ [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧fir‧mar

### Verb

afirmar (first-person singular indicative present afirmo, past participle afirmáu)
* to assert

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.firˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]

### Verb

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmí, past participle afirmat)
* to confirm

#### Derived terms

* reafirmar

#### Related terms

* afirmació

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since 1287. From Latin affirmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afiɾˈmaɾ/ [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmei, past participle afirmado)
* to confirm, assure
* to affirm, declare
* to make firm

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* afirmación
* afirmativo

### References

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

### Further reading

* “afirmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* affirmar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmei, past participle afirmado)
* (transitive) to state; to declare; to affirm (to make a declaration) [with que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’]
    Synonyms: declarar, asseverar
* (transitive) to confirm; to attest (to affirm to be correct, true or genuine)
    Synonyms: confirmar, assegurar, certificar
    Antonym: negar
* (transitive) to consolidate (to make firm, secure)
    Synonyms: fixar, consolidar
* (pronominal) to earn one’s place; to rise (to earn a reputation or fame)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* reafirmar

#### Related terms

* afirmação
* afirmador
* afirmante
* afirmativa
* afirmativo
* confirmar
* firmar
* firme

### Further reading

* “afirmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afiɾˈmaɾ/ [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧fir‧mar

### Verb

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmé, past participle afirmado)
* (transitive) to state, assert
    Synonym: declarar
* (pronominal, fencing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### 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

* autoafirmarse
* reafirmar

#### Related terms

* afirmación
* afirmativo

### Further reading

* “afirmar”, 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