confirmar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfirmāre. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmí, past participle confirmat)

1. (transitive) to confirm

   Synonyms: refermar, mantenir, comprovar

2. (transitive, ironic) to slap

   Synonyms: bufetejar, galtejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confirmar (first conjugation)

infinitive			confirmar
gerund			confirmant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confirmat		confirmada
		plural		confirmats		confirmades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confirmo	confirmes	confirma	confirmem	confirmeu	confirmen
	imperfect	confirmava	confirmaves	confirmava	confirmàvem	confirmàveu	confirmaven
	future	confirmaré	confirmaràs	confirmarà	confirmarem	confirmareu	confirmaran
	preterite	confirmí	confirmares	confirmà	confirmàrem	confirmàreu	confirmaren
	conditional	confirmaria	confirmaries	confirmaria	confirmaríem	confirmaríeu	confirmarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confirmi	confirmis	confirmi	confirmem	confirmeu	confirmin
	imperfect	confirmés	confirmessis	confirmés	confirméssim	confirméssiu	confirmessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	confirma	confirmi	confirmem	confirmeu	confirmin
	negative (no)	—	no confirmis	no confirmi	no confirmem	no confirmeu	no confirmin

Related terms

• confirmació

Further reading

• “confirmar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “confirmar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “confirmar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confirmar, from Latin cōnfirmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɱfiɾˈmaɾ]

Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmei, past participle confirmado)

1. to confirm
2. (Christianity, transitive or pronominal) to confirm (to administer the sacrament of confirmation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confirmar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	confirmar
Personal	confirmar	confirmares	confirmar	confirmarmos	confirmardes	confirmaren
Gerund
	confirmando
Past participle
Masculine	confirmado			confirmados
Feminine	confirmada			confirmadas
Indicative
Present	confirmo	confirmas	confirma	confirmamos	confirmades	confirman
Imperfect	confirmaba	confirmabas	confirmaba	confirmabamos	confirmabades	confirmaban
Preterite	confirmei	confirmaches	confirmou	confirmamos	confirmastes	confirmaron
Pluperfect	confirmara	confirmaras	confirmara	confirmaramos	confirmarades	confirmaran
Future	confirmarei	confirmarás	confirmará	confirmaremos	confirmaredes	confirmarán
Conditional	confirmaría	confirmarías	confirmaría	confirmariamos	confirmariades	confirmarían
Subjunctive
Present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmemos	confirmedes	confirmen
Imperfect	confirmase	confirmases	confirmase	confirmásemos	confirmásedes	confirmasen
Future	confirmar	confirmares	confirmar	confirmarmos	confirmardes	confirmaren
Imperative
Affirmative		confirma	confirme	confirmemos	confirmade	confirmen
Negative (non)		non confirmes	non confirme	non confirmemos	non confirmedes	non confirmen

    Reintegrated conjugation of confirmar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	confirmar
Personal	confirmar	confirmares	confirmar	confirmarmos	confirmardes	confirmarem
Gerund
	confirmando
Past participle
Masculine	confirmado			confirmados
Feminine	confirmada			confirmadas
Indicative
Present	confirmo	confirmas	confirma	confirmamos	confirmades, confirmais	confirmam
Imperfect	confirmava	confirmavas	confirmava	confirmávamos	confirmávades, confirmáveis, confirmávais1	confirmavam
Preterite	confirmei	confirmaste, confirmache1	confirmou	confirmamos	confirmastes	confirmárom, confirmaram
Pluperfect	confirmara	confirmaras	confirmara	confirmáramos	confirmárades, confirmáreis, confirmárais1	confirmaram
Future	confirmarei	confirmarás	confirmará	confirmaremos	confirmaredes, confirmareis	confirmarám, confirmarão
Conditional	confirmaria	confirmarias	confirmaria	confirmaríamos	confirmaríades, confirmaríeis, confirmaríais1	confirmariam
Subjunctive
Present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmemos	confirmedes, confirmeis	confirmem
Imperfect	confirmasse	confirmasses	confirmasse	confirmássemos	confirmássedes, confirmásseis	confirmassem
Future	confirmar	confirmares	confirmar	confirmarmos	confirmardes	confirmarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confirma	confirme	confirmemos	confirmade, confirmai	confirmem
Negative (nom)		nom confirmes	nom confirme	nom confirmemos	nom confirmedes, nom confirmeis	nom confirmem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• confirmación

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “confirmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “confirmar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “confirmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “confirmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “confirmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “confirmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “confirmar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmō, attested from the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

confirmar

1. to confirm

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		confirmar			aver confirmat
gerund		confirmant			use gerund of aver past participle
past participle		confirmat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confirmi	confirmas	confirma	confirmam	confirmatz	confirman
	imperfect	confirmavi	confirmavas	confirmava	confirmàvem	confirmàvetz	confirmavan
	preterite	confirmèri	confirmères	confirmèt	confirmèrem	confirmèretz	confirmèron
	future	confirmarai	confirmaràs	confirmarà	confirmarem	confirmaretz	confirmaràn
	conditional	confirmariái	confirmariás	confirmariá	confirmariam	confirmariatz	confirmarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confirmèra	confirmèras	confirmèra	confirmeram	confirmeratz	confirmèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmem	confirmetz	confirmen
	imperfect	confirmèssi	confirmèsses	confirmèsse	confirmèssem	confirmèssetz	confirmèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confirma		confirmem	confirmatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		confirmar			aver confirmat
gerund		confirmant			use gerund of aver past participle
past participle		confirmat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confirme	confirmes	confirma	confirmam	confirmatz	confirmon
	imperfect	confirmave	confirmaves	confirmava	confirmaviam	confirmaviatz	confirmavon
	preterite	confirmere	confirmeres	confirmet	confirmem	confirmetz	confirmeron
	future	confirmarai	confirmaràs	confirmará	confirmarem	confirmaretz	confirmarán
	conditional	confirmariá	confirmariás	confirmariá	confirmariam	confirmariatz	confirmarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confirmèra	confirmèras	confirmèra	confirmeram	confirmeratz	confirmèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmassiam	confirmassiatz	confirmon
	imperfect	confirmesse	confirmesses	confirmesse	confirmessiam	confirmessiatz	confirmesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confirma		confirmassiam	confirmatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		confirmar			aver confirmat
gerund		confirmant			use gerund of aver past participle
past participle		confirmat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confirmi	confirmas	confirma	confirmam	confirmatz	confirman
	imperfect	confirmavi	confirmavas	confirmava	confirmàvam	confirmàvatz	confirmavan
	preterite	confirmèi	confirmès	confirmè	confirmèm	confirmètz	confirmèn
	future	confirmarèi	confirmaràs	confirmarà	confirmaram	confirmaratz	confirmaràn
	conditional	confirmarí	confirmarés	confirmaré	confirmarem	confirmaretz	confirmarén
	conditional 2nd form1	confirmèra	confirmèras	confirmèra	confirmeram	confirmeratz	confirmèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confirmi	confirmes	confirme	confirmem	confirmetz	confirmen
	imperfect	confirmèssi	confirmèsses	confirmèsse	confirmèssem	confirmèssetz	confirmèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confirma		confirmem	confirmatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		confirmar			aver confirmat
gerund		confirmant			use gerund of aver past participle
past participle		confirmat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confirme	confirmas	confirma	confirmam	confirmatz	confirman
	imperfect	confirmava	confirmavas	confirmava	confirmàvam	confirmàvatz	confirmavan
	preterite	confirmei	confirmeras	confirmet	confirmèram	confirmèratz	confirmeran
	future	confirmarai	confirmaràs	confirmará	confirmarem	confirmaretz	confirmarán
	conditional	confirmariá	confirmariàs	confirmariá	confirmariam	confirmariatz	confirmarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confirmèra	confirmèras	confirmèra	confirmeram	confirmeratz	confirmèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmem	confirmetz	confirmen
	imperfect	confirmèsse	confirmèsses	confirmèsse	confirmèssem	confirmèssetz	confirmèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confirma		confirmem	confirmatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		confirmar			aver confirmat
gerund		confirmant			use gerund of aver past participle
past participle		confirmat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confirme	confirmes	confirma	confirmam	confirmatz	confirman
	imperfect	confirmavi	confirmavas	confirmava	confirmàvem	confirmàvetz	confirmavan
	preterite	confirmère	confirmères	confirmèt	confirmeriam	confirmeriatz	confirmèron
	future	confirmarai	confirmaràs	confirmarà	confirmarem	confirmaretz	confirmaràn
	conditional	confirmariáu	confirmariás	confirmariá	confirmariam	confirmariatz	confirmarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confirmèra	confirmèras	confirmèra	confirmeram	confirmeratz	confirmèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmem	confirmetz	confirman
	imperfect	confirmèsse	confirmèsses	confirmèsse	confirmessiam	confirmessiatz	confirmèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confirma		confirmem	confirmatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• confirmacion

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 276.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfirmāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiɦˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiɦˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiɾˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiʁˈma(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiʁˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiɻˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiɾˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiɾˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fiɾˈma.ɾi/

Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmei, past participle confirmado)

1. to confirm, corroborate, affirm

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confirmar (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	confirmar
Personal	confirmar	confirmares	confirmar	confirmarmos	confirmardes	confirmarem
Gerund
	confirmando
Past participle
Masculine	confirmado			confirmados
Feminine	confirmada			confirmadas
Indicative
Present	confirmo	confirmas	confirma	confirmamos	confirmais	confirmam
Imperfect	confirmava	confirmavas	confirmava	confirmávamos	confirmáveis	confirmavam
Preterite	confirmei	confirmaste	confirmou	confirmamos1, confirmámos2	confirmastes	confirmaram
Pluperfect	confirmara	confirmaras	confirmara	confirmáramos	confirmáreis	confirmaram
Future	confirmarei	confirmarás	confirmará	confirmaremos	confirmareis	confirmarão
Conditional	confirmaria	confirmarias	confirmaria	confirmaríamos	confirmaríeis	confirmariam
Subjunctive
Present	confirme	confirmes	confirme	confirmemos	confirmeis	confirmem
Imperfect	confirmasse	confirmasses	confirmasse	confirmássemos	confirmásseis	confirmassem
Future	confirmar	confirmares	confirmar	confirmarmos	confirmardes	confirmarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confirma	confirme	confirmemos	confirmai	confirmem
Negative (não)		não confirmes	não confirme	não confirmemos	não confirmeis	não confirmem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• confirmação

Further reading

• “confirmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “confirmar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnfirmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfiɾˈmaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fir‧mar

Verb

confirmar (first-person singular present confirmo, first-person singular preterite confirmé, past participle confirmado)

1. to confirm (accept something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confirmar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			confirmar
gerund			confirmando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confirmado		confirmada
		plural		confirmados		confirmadas
		singular			plural
		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	confirmo	confirmastú confirmásvos	confirma	confirmamos	confirmáis	confirman
	imperfect	confirmaba	confirmabas	confirmaba	confirmábamos	confirmabais	confirmaban
	preterite	confirmé	confirmaste	confirmó	confirmamos	confirmasteis	confirmaron
	future	confirmaré	confirmarás	confirmará	confirmaremos	confirmaréis	confirmarán
	conditional	confirmaría	confirmarías	confirmaría	confirmaríamos	confirmaríais	confirmarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confirme	confirmestú confirmésvos2	confirme	confirmemos	confirméis	confirmen
	imperfect (ra)	confirmara	confirmaras	confirmara	confirmáramos	confirmarais	confirmaran
	imperfect (se)	confirmase	confirmases	confirmase	confirmásemos	confirmaseis	confirmasen
	future1	confirmare	confirmares	confirmare	confirmáremos	confirmareis	confirmaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		confirmatú confirmávos	confirme	confirmemos	confirmad	confirmen
	negative		no confirmes	no confirme	no confirmemos	no confirméis	no confirmen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of confirmar

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 confirmar
	dative	confirmarme	confirmarte	confirmarle, confirmarse	confirmarnos	confirmaros	confirmarles, confirmarse
	accusative	confirmarme	confirmarte	confirmarlo, confirmarla, confirmarse	confirmarnos	confirmaros	confirmarlos, confirmarlas, confirmarse
with gerund confirmando
	dative	confirmándome	confirmándote	confirmándole, confirmándose	confirmándonos	confirmándoos	confirmándoles, confirmándose
	accusative	confirmándome	confirmándote	confirmándolo, confirmándola, confirmándose	confirmándonos	confirmándoos	confirmándolos, confirmándolas, confirmándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confirma
	dative	confírmame	confírmate	confírmale	confírmanos	not used	confírmales
	accusative	confírmame	confírmate	confírmalo, confírmala	confírmanos	not used	confírmalos, confírmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confirmá
	dative	confirmame	confirmate	confirmale	confirmanos	not used	confirmales
	accusative	confirmame	confirmate	confirmalo, confirmala	confirmanos	not used	confirmalos, confirmalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confirme
	dative	confírmeme	not used	confírmele, confírmese	confírmenos	not used	confírmeles
	accusative	confírmeme	not used	confírmelo, confírmela, confírmese	confírmenos	not used	confírmelos, confírmelas
with first-person plural imperative confirmemos
	dative	not used	confirmémoste	confirmémosle	confirmémonos	confirmémoos	confirmémosles
	accusative	not used	confirmémoste	confirmémoslo, confirmémosla	confirmémonos	confirmémoos	confirmémoslos, confirmémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confirmad
	dative	confirmadme	not used	confirmadle	confirmadnos	confirmaos	confirmadles
	accusative	confirmadme	not used	confirmadlo, confirmadla	confirmadnos	confirmaos	confirmadlos, confirmadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confirmen
	dative	confírmenme	not used	confírmenle	confírmennos	not used	confírmenles, confírmense
	accusative	confírmenme	not used	confírmenlo, confírmenla	confírmennos	not used	confírmenlos, confírmenlas, confírmense

Derived terms

• excepción que confirma la regla

 

Related terms

• confirmación

 

Further reading

• “confirmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28