# simplificar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin simplificārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [sim.pli.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [sim.pli.fiˈkaɾ]

### Verb

simplificar (first-person singular present simplifico, first-person singular preterite simplifiquí, past participle simplificat)
* to simplify
* (mathematics) to simplify (an equation, etc.)

#### Further reading

* “simplificar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /simplifiˈkaɾ/ [s̺im.pli.fiˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: sim‧pli‧fi‧car

### Verb

simplificar (first-person singular present simplifico, first-person singular preterite simplifiquei, past participle simplificado)
* to simplify

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From the Medieval Latin simplificor.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

simplificar
* to simplify

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From the Medieval Latin simplificārī. By surface analysis, simples +‎ -ificar.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

simplificar (first-person singular present simplifico, first-person singular preterite simplifiquei, past participle simplificado)
* (transitive) to simplify

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “simplificar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “simplificar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “simplificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “simplificar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “simplificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “simplificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From the Medieval Latin simplificārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /simplifiˈkaɾ/ [sĩm.pli.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sim‧pli‧fi‧car

### Verb

simplificar (first-person singular present simplifico, first-person singular preterite simplifiqué, past participle simplificado)
* to simplify

#### 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

* simplificar demasiado (“to oversimplify”)

#### Related terms

* simple
* simplificable
* simplificación
* simplificador

#### Further reading

* “simplificar”, 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