afirmar

• ḥirmar, aḥirmar (Llanes)

• IPA^(key): /afiɾˈmaɾ/ [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fir‧mar

afirmar (first-person singular indicative present afirmo, past participle afirmáu)

1. to assert

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “afirmar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “afirmar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmí, past participle afirmat)

1. to confirm

• reafirmar

• afirmació

• “afirmar”, 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
• “afirmar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “afirmar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afirmar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Attested since 1287. From Latin affirmāre.

• IPA^(key): /afiɾˈmaɾ/ [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmei, past participle afirmado)

1. to confirm, assure
2. to affirm, declare
3. to make firm

• afirmación
• afirmativo

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

• “afirmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• affirmar (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.

• Hyphenation: a‧fir‧mar

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmei, past participle afirmado)

2. (transitive) to state; to declare; to affirm (to make a declaration) [with que (+ indicative clause) ‘that ...’]

   Synonyms: declarar, asseverar

4. (transitive) to confirm; to attest (to affirm to be correct, true or genuine)

   Synonyms: confirmar, assegurar, certificar

   Antonym: negar

6. (transitive) to consolidate (to make firm, secure)

   Synonyms: fixar, consolidar

8. (pronominal) to earn one’s place; to rise (to earn a reputation or fame)

• reafirmar

• “afirmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.

• IPA^(key): /afiɾˈmaɾ/ [a.fiɾˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fir‧mar

afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmé, past participle afirmado)

1. (transitive) to state, assert

   Synonym: declarar

2. (pronominal, fencing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “afirmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024