Alternative forms

• edifficar, edifichar, hedificar, hedifficar, edeficar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#EDIFICARCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#EDIFICAR aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ði.fiˈka]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#EDIFICAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ði.fiˈkaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#EDIFICAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquí, past participle edificat)Category:Catalan lemmas#EDIFICARCategory:Catalan verbs#EDIFICARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#EDIFICARCategory:Catalan verbs with c-qu alternation#EDIFICARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with entries#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EDIFICAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#EDIFICAR) to build, construct
2. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#EDIFICAR) to build up

Further reading

• “edificar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “edificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “edificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “edificar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Latin#EDIFICARCategory:Galician learned borrowings from Latin#EDIFICARCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#EDIFICAR aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eðifiˈkaɾ/Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#EDIFICAR

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)Category:Galician lemmas#EDIFICARCategory:Galician verbs#EDIFICARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#EDIFICARCategory:Galician verbs with c-qu alternation#EDIFICARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with entries#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EDIFICAR

1. to build
   • 1327, foundational inscription of the church of Santa María a Nova, Noia, Galicia:

     Esta igleja edificou e sagrou Don frei Beringel arcibispo de Santiago en 28 dias de janeiro era MCCCLXV (AD 1327) e foi procurador Pero Bochon desta obra

     This church was built and consecrated by friar Beringel, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, 28th of january, 1327; Pedro Bochón was the master of this work

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#EDIFICAR

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “edificar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “edificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “edificar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#EDIFICARCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#EDIFICARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#EDIFICAR aedificāre (“to build, to erect, to establish; to create, to frame”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#EDIFICAR
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧fi‧car

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiquei, past participle edificado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#EDIFICARCategory:Portuguese verbs#EDIFICARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#EDIFICARCategory:Portuguese verbs with c-qu alternation#EDIFICARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with entries#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EDIFICAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#EDIFICAR) to build

Further reading

• “edificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “edificar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “edificar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “edificar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “edificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#EDIFICARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#EDIFICAR aedificāre (“to build, erect, establish; to create, frame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /edifiˈkaɾ/ [e.ð̞i.fiˈkaɾ]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#EDIFICARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#EDIFICAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#EDIFICARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/4 syllables#EDIFICAR
• Syllabification: e‧di‧fi‧car

Verb

edificar (first-person singular present edifico, first-person singular preterite edifiqué, past participle edificado)Category:Spanish lemmas#EDIFICARCategory:Spanish verbs#EDIFICARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#EDIFICARCategory:Spanish verbs with c-qu alternation#EDIFICARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with entries#EDIFICARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EDIFICAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#EDIFICAR) to build
2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#EDIFICAR) to set a good example

Further reading

• “edificar”, 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