# identificar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin identificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /identifiˈkaɾ/ [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car

### Verb

identificar (first-person singular indicative present identifico, past participle identificáu)
* to identify

#### Related terms

* identificación

### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [i.ðən.ti.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [i.ðen.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car
* Homophone: identificà (except Valencian)

### Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, first-person singular preterite identifiquí, past participle identificat)
* to identify

#### Related terms

* identificació

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin identificāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /idɛntifiˈkaɾ/ [i.ð̞ɛn̪.t̪i.fiˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car

### Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, first-person singular preterite identifiquei, past participle identificado)
* to identify
* (reflexive) to relate (understand)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “identificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “identificar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “identificar”, 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), “identificar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

identificar
* to identify

#### Conjugation
## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identificāre.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
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### Verb

identificar
* to identify

#### Derived terms

* identificacion

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 361.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin identificāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /i.dẽ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.dẽ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/ [i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.dẽ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/ [i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.dẽ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/ [i.ðẽ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car

### Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, first-person singular preterite identifiquei, past participle identificado)
* to identify
* to recognize
* (reflexive) to relate (to identify with; to understand) [with com ‘with someone/something’]

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* identificação

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from scholastic Medieval Latin identificāre, from Medieval Latin identicus, from Classical Latin idem (“same”), + Latin faciō. Cognate with English identify.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /identifiˈkaɾ/ [i.ð̞ẽn̪.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: i‧den‧ti‧fi‧car

### Verb

identificar (first-person singular present identifico, first-person singular preterite identifiqué, past participle identificado)
* (transitive) to identify, to pinpoint

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* identificación

### Further reading

* “identificar”, 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