edificar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
edifficar, edifichar, hedificar, hedifficar, edeficar (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ði.fiˈka]
IPA(key): (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, 2026
“edificar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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:
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “edificar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“edificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
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 ===
Hyphenation: e‧di‧fi‧car
=== Verb ===
edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)
(transitive) to build
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
edificação
=== Further reading ===
“edificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“edificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“edificar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“edificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“edificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /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 ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“edificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025