Portuguese

Verb

certificar ‎(first-person singular present indicative certifico, past participle certificado)

1. (transitive) to certify; to attest (to assert as true or meeting a standard)

   O perito certificou a assinatura.‎

   The specialist certified the signature.

2. (transitive) to certify (to give an official certificate to)

   O ministério não quis certificar a nossa ONG.‎

   The ministry didn’t want to certify our NGO.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to make sure (to check whether something is true or proper)

   Certifiquem-se de que a válvula esteja fechada.‎

   Make sure the valve is closed.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, auxiliary with de and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to make sure (to remember to)

   Espero que alguém se certifique de trazer a comida.‎

   I hope someone makes sure they bring the food.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to assert as true): atestar, asseverar
• (to check whether something is true): garantir
• (not to forget to): lembrar(-se) de

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *certificare, from Latin certus ‎(“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.

Verb

certificar ‎(first-person singular present certifico, first-person singular preterite certifiqué, past participle certificado)

1. to certify

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

Related terms

• certificación
• certificado