justificar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

Verb

justificar (first-person singular present justifico, past participle justificat)

to justify

Conjugation

Conjugation of justificar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			justificar
present participle			justificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		justificat		justificada
		plural		justificats		justificades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	justifico	justifiques	justifica	justifiquem	justifiqueu	justifiquen
	imperfect	justificava	justificaves	justificava	justificàvem	justificàveu	justificaven
	future	justificaré	justificaràs	justificarà	justificarem	justificareu	justificaran
	preterite	justifiquí	justificares	justificà	justificàrem	justificàreu	justificaren
	conditional	justificaria	justificaries	justificaria	justificaríem	justificaríeu	justificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	justifiqui	justifiquis	justifiqui	justifiquem	justifiqueu	justifiquin
	imperfect	justifiqués	justifiquessis	justifiqués	justifiquéssim	justifiquéssiu	justifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	justifica	justifiqui	justifiquem	justifiqueu	justifiquin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

Verb

justificar (first-person singular present indicative justifico, past participle justificado)

to justify
to warrant
(intransitive, Brazil) to justify (to formally declare why one did not vote in the elections, to retain one's rights associated with voting)

Faz anos que eu justifico, meu título de eleitor é de outro estado.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb justificar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	justificar
Personal	justificar	justificares	justificar	justificarmos	justificardes	justificarem
Gerund
	justificando
Past participle
Masculine	justificado			justificados
Feminine	justificada			justificadas
Indicative
Present	justifico	justificas	justifica	justificamos	justificais	justificam
Imperfect	justificava	justificavas	justificava	justificávamos	justificáveis	justificavam
Preterite	justifiquei	justificaste	justificou	justificamos justificámos	justificastes	justificaram
Pluperfect	justificara	justificaras	justificara	justificáramos	justificáreis	justificaram
Future	justificarei	justificarás	justificará	justificaremos	justificareis	justificarão
Conditional
	justificaria	justificarias	justificaria	justificaríamos	justificaríeis	justificariam
Subjunctive
Present	justifique	justifiques	justifique	justifiquemos	justifiqueis	justifiquem
Imperfect	justificasse	justificasses	justificasse	justificássemos	justificásseis	justificassem
Future	justificar	justificares	justificar	justificarmos	justificardes	justificarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	justifica	justifique	justifiquemos	justificai	justifiquem
Negative (não)	-	justifiques	justifique	justifiquemos	justifiqueis	justifiquem

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:justificar.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.

Verb

justificar (first-person singular present justifico, first-person singular preterite justifiqué, past participle justificado)

to justify
to account for

Conjugation

c becomes qu before e.

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			justificar
gerund			justificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		justificado		justificada
		plural		justificados		justificadas
		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	justifico	justificas^tú justificás^{^vos}	justifica	justificamos	justificáis	justifican
	imperfect	justificaba	justificabas	justificaba	justificábamos	justificabais	justificaban
	preterite	justifiqué	justificaste	justificó	justificamos	justificasteis	justificaron
	future	justificaré	justificarás	justificará	justificaremos	justificaréis	justificarán
	conditional	justificaría	justificarías	justificaría	justificaríamos	justificaríais	justificarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	justifique	justifiques^{^tú} justifiqués^{^vos²}	justifique	justifiquemos	justifiquéis	justifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	justificara	justificaras	justificara	justificáramos	justificarais	justificaran
	imperfect (se)	justificase	justificases	justificase	justificásemos	justificaseis	justificasen
	future¹	justificare	justificares	justificare	justificáremos	justificareis	justificaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		justifica^{^tú} justificá^{^vos}	justifique	justifiquemos	justificad	justifiquen
	negative		no justifiques	no justifique	no justifiquemos	no justifiquéis	no justifiquen

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:

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-car)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)</a>

Selected combined forms of justificar^{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 justificar
	dative	justificarme	justificarte	justificarle, justificarse	justificarnos	justificaros	justificarles, justificarse
	accusative	justificarme	justificarte	justificarlo, justificarla, justificarse	justificarnos	justificaros	justificarlos, justificarlas, justificarse

with gerund justificando
	dative	justificándome	justificándote	justificándole, justificándose	justificándonos	justificándoos	justificándoles, justificándose
	accusative	justificándome	justificándote	justificándolo, justificándola, justificándose	justificándonos	justificándoos	justificándolos, justificándolas, justificándose

with informal second-person singular imperative justifica
	dative	justifícame	justifícate	justifícale	justifícanos	not used	justifícales
	accusative	justifícame	justifícate	justifícalo, justifícala	justifícanos	not used	justifícalos, justifícalas

with formal second-person singular imperative justifique
	dative	justifíqueme	not used	justifíquele, justifíquese	justifíquenos	not used	justifíqueles
	accusative	justifíqueme	not used	justifíquelo, justifíquela, justifíquese	justifíquenos	not used	justifíquelos, justifíquelas

with first-person plural imperative justifiquemos
	dative	not used	justifiquémoste	justifiquémosle	justifiquémonos	justifiquémoos	justifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	justifiquémoste	justifiquémoslo, justifiquémosla	justifiquémonos	justifiquémoos	justifiquémoslos, justifiquémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative justificad
	dative	justificadme	not used	justificadle	justificadnos	justificaos	justificadles
	accusative	justificadme	not used	justificadlo, justificadla	justificadnos	justificaos	justificadlos, justificadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative justifiquen
	dative	justifíquenme	not used	justifíquenle	justifíquennos	not used	justifíquenles, justifíquense
	accusative	justifíquenme	not used	justifíquenlo, justifíquenla	justifíquennos	not used	justifíquenlos, justifíquenlas, justifíquense

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