gentrificar
Portuguese
Etymology
From English gentrify + -ificar (“-ify”), from English gentry.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tɾi.fiˈka.ɾi/
Verb
gentrificar (first-person singular present gentrifico, first-person singular preterite gentrifiquei, past participle gentrificado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of gentrificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “gentrificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “gentrificar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “gentrificar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “gentrificar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “gentrificar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “gentrificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “gentrificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From English gentrify + -ificar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xentɾifiˈkaɾ/ [xẽn̪.t̪ɾi.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: gen‧tri‧fi‧car
Verb
gentrificar (first-person singular present gentrifico, first-person singular preterite gentrifiqué, past participle gentrificado)
- to gentrify
- 2021 May 9, Sandro Pozzi, “Los 'millennials' urbanitas gentrifican el mundo rural de Estados Unidos”, in La Información[1], archived from the original on 24 October 2021:
Conjugation
Conjugation of gentrificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of gentrificar (c-qu alternation)
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 gentrificar | dative | gentrificarme | gentrificarte | gentrificarle, gentrificarse | gentrificarnos | gentrificaros | gentrificarles, gentrificarse |
| accusative | gentrificarme | gentrificarte | gentrificarlo, gentrificarla, gentrificarse | gentrificarnos | gentrificaros | gentrificarlos, gentrificarlas, gentrificarse | |
| with gerund gentrificando | dative | gentrificándome | gentrificándote | gentrificándole, gentrificándose | gentrificándonos | gentrificándoos | gentrificándoles, gentrificándose |
| accusative | gentrificándome | gentrificándote | gentrificándolo, gentrificándola, gentrificándose | gentrificándonos | gentrificándoos | gentrificándolos, gentrificándolas, gentrificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative gentrifica | dative | gentrifícame | gentrifícate | gentrifícale | gentrifícanos | not used | gentrifícales |
| accusative | gentrifícame | gentrifícate | gentrifícalo, gentrifícala | gentrifícanos | not used | gentrifícalos, gentrifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative gentrificá | dative | gentrificame | gentrificate | gentrificale | gentrificanos | not used | gentrificales |
| accusative | gentrificame | gentrificate | gentrificalo, gentrificala | gentrificanos | not used | gentrificalos, gentrificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative gentrifique | dative | gentrifíqueme | not used | gentrifíquele, gentrifíquese | gentrifíquenos | not used | gentrifíqueles |
| accusative | gentrifíqueme | not used | gentrifíquelo, gentrifíquela, gentrifíquese | gentrifíquenos | not used | gentrifíquelos, gentrifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative gentrifiquemos | dative | not used | gentrifiquémoste | gentrifiquémosle | gentrifiquémonos | gentrifiquémoos | gentrifiquémosles |
| accusative | not used | gentrifiquémoste | gentrifiquémoslo, gentrifiquémosla | gentrifiquémonos | gentrifiquémoos | gentrifiquémoslos, gentrifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative gentrificad | dative | gentrificadme | not used | gentrificadle | gentrificadnos | gentrificaos | gentrificadles |
| accusative | gentrificadme | not used | gentrificadlo, gentrificadla | gentrificadnos | gentrificaos | gentrificadlos, gentrificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative gentrifiquen | dative | gentrifíquenme | not used | gentrifíquenle | gentrifíquennos | not used | gentrifíquenles, gentrifíquense |
| accusative | gentrifíquenme | not used | gentrifíquenlo, gentrifíquenla | gentrifíquennos | not used | gentrifíquenlos, gentrifíquenlas, gentrifíquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “gentrificar”, 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