bestificar

Portuguese

Etymology

From besta +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /beʃ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [beʃ.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /bes.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨʃ.ti.fiˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨʃ.ti.fiˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: bes‧ti‧fi‧car

Verb

bestificar (first-person singular present bestifico, first-person singular preterite bestifiquei, past participle bestificado)

  1. idiotize, dumb down (to make stupid)
    Synonym: bestializar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bestificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal bestificar
Personal bestificar bestificares bestificar bestificarmos bestificardes bestificarem
Gerund
bestificando
Past participle
Masculine bestificado bestificados
Feminine bestificada bestificadas
Indicative
Present bestifico bestificas bestifica bestificamos bestificais bestificam
Imperfect bestificava bestificavas bestificava bestificávamos bestificáveis bestificavam
Preterite bestifiquei bestificaste bestificou bestificamos1, bestificámos2 bestificastes bestificaram
Pluperfect bestificara bestificaras bestificara bestificáramos bestificáreis bestificaram
Future bestificarei bestificarás bestificará bestificaremos bestificareis bestificarão
Conditional bestificaria bestificarias bestificaria bestificaríamos bestificaríeis bestificariam
Subjunctive
Present bestifique bestifiques bestifique bestifiquemos bestifiqueis bestifiquem
Imperfect bestificasse bestificasses bestificasse bestificássemos bestificásseis bestificassem
Future bestificar bestificares bestificar bestificarmos bestificardes bestificarem
Imperative
Affirmative bestifica bestifique bestifiquemos bestificai bestifiquem
Negative (não) não bestifiques não bestifique não bestifiquemos não bestifiqueis não bestifiquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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