testificar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin testifico, testificare. Doublet of the inherited testiguar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /testifiˈkaɾ/, [t̪est̪ifiˈkaɾ]

Verb

testificar (first-person singular present testifico, first-person singular preterite testifiqué, past participle testificado)

to testify
to give evidence

Conjugation

c becomes qu before e.

Conjugation of testificar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			testificar
gerund			testificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		testificado		testificada
		plural		testificados		testificadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	testifico	testificas^tú testificás^{^vos}	testifica	testificamos	testificáis	testifican
	imperfect	testificaba	testificabas	testificaba	testificábamos	testificabais	testificaban
	preterite	testifiqué	testificaste	testificó	testificamos	testificasteis	testificaron
	future	testificaré	testificarás	testificará	testificaremos	testificaréis	testificarán
	conditional	testificaría	testificarías	testificaría	testificaríamos	testificaríais	testificarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	testifique	testifiques^{^tú} testifiqués^{^vos²}	testifique	testifiquemos	testifiquéis	testifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	testificara	testificaras	testificara	testificáramos	testificarais	testificaran
	imperfect (se)	testificase	testificases	testificase	testificásemos	testificaseis	testificasen
	future¹	testificare	testificares	testificare	testificáremos	testificareis	testificaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		testifica^{^tú} testificá^{^vos}	testifique	testifiquemos	testificad	testifiquen
	negative		no testifiques	no testifique	no testifiquemos	no testifiquéis	no testifiquen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of testificar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive testificar
	dative	testificarme	testificarte	testificarle, testificarse	testificarnos	testificaros	testificarles, testificarse
	accusative	testificarme	testificarte	testificarlo, testificarla, testificarse	testificarnos	testificaros	testificarlos, testificarlas, testificarse

with gerund testificando
	dative	testificándome	testificándote	testificándole, testificándose	testificándonos	testificándoos	testificándoles, testificándose
	accusative	testificándome	testificándote	testificándolo, testificándola, testificándose	testificándonos	testificándoos	testificándolos, testificándolas, testificándose

with informal second-person singular imperative testifica
	dative	testifícame	testifícate	testifícale	testifícanos	not used	testifícales
	accusative	testifícame	testifícate	testifícalo, testifícala	testifícanos	not used	testifícalos, testifícalas

with formal second-person singular imperative testifique
	dative	testifíqueme	not used	testifíquele, testifíquese	testifíquenos	not used	testifíqueles
	accusative	testifíqueme	not used	testifíquelo, testifíquela, testifíquese	testifíquenos	not used	testifíquelos, testifíquelas

with first-person plural imperative testifiquemos
	dative	not used	testifiquémoste	testifiquémosle	testifiquémonos	testifiquémoos	testifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	testifiquémoste	testifiquémoslo, testifiquémosla	testifiquémonos	testifiquémoos	testifiquémoslos, testifiquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative testificad
	dative	testificadme	not used	testificadle	testificadnos	testificaos	testificadles
	accusative	testificadme	not used	testificadlo, testificadla	testificadnos	testificaos	testificadlos, testificadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative testifiquen
	dative	testifíquenme	not used	testifíquenle	testifíquennos	not used	testifíquenles, testifíquense
	accusative	testifíquenme	not used	testifíquenlo, testifíquenla	testifíquennos	not used	testifíquenlos, testifíquenlas, testifíquense

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