matificar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /matifiˈkaɾ/ [ma.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ma‧ti‧fi‧car
Verb
matificar (first-person singular present matifico, first-person singular preterite matifiqué, past participle matificado)
- to make something matte (especially of skin)
- 2017 August 1, “Las claves para elegir la base ideal”, in La Prensa[1]:
- Las bases con este acabado te pueden ayudar a no necesitar polvos sueltos para matificar el acabado, eso no quiere decir que no lo necesites.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of matificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of matificar (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 matificar | dative | matificarme | matificarte | matificarle, matificarse | matificarnos | matificaros | matificarles, matificarse |
| accusative | matificarme | matificarte | matificarlo, matificarla, matificarse | matificarnos | matificaros | matificarlos, matificarlas, matificarse | |
| with gerund matificando | dative | matificándome | matificándote | matificándole, matificándose | matificándonos | matificándoos | matificándoles, matificándose |
| accusative | matificándome | matificándote | matificándolo, matificándola, matificándose | matificándonos | matificándoos | matificándolos, matificándolas, matificándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative matifica | dative | matifícame | matifícate | matifícale | matifícanos | not used | matifícales |
| accusative | matifícame | matifícate | matifícalo, matifícala | matifícanos | not used | matifícalos, matifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative matificá | dative | matificame | matificate | matificale | matificanos | not used | matificales |
| accusative | matificame | matificate | matificalo, matificala | matificanos | not used | matificalos, matificalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative matifique | dative | matifíqueme | not used | matifíquele, matifíquese | matifíquenos | not used | matifíqueles |
| accusative | matifíqueme | not used | matifíquelo, matifíquela, matifíquese | matifíquenos | not used | matifíquelos, matifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative matifiquemos | dative | not used | matifiquémoste | matifiquémosle | matifiquémonos | matifiquémoos | matifiquémosles |
| accusative | not used | matifiquémoste | matifiquémoslo, matifiquémosla | matifiquémonos | matifiquémoos | matifiquémoslos, matifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative matificad | dative | matificadme | not used | matificadle | matificadnos | matificaos | matificadles |
| accusative | matificadme | not used | matificadlo, matificadla | matificadnos | matificaos | matificadlos, matificadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative matifiquen | dative | matifíquenme | not used | matifíquenle | matifíquennos | not used | matifíquenles, matifíquense |
| accusative | matifíquenme | not used | matifíquenlo, matifíquenla | matifíquennos | not used | matifíquenlos, matifíquenlas, matifíquense | |
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “matificar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]