identificar

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identificar
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identificar

transitive verb

1. to identify

identificarse

pronomial verb

also:

identificarse con -> to identify with (persona, ideas)
¡identifíquese! -> identify yourself!; (diga quién es) show me some identification! (muestre una identificación)

identificar [e-den-te-fe-car’]

article & verb transitive

1. To identify; to ascertain the sameness of two objects.

-vr. To become the same.

identificar

verbo:transitivo

1 (reconocer) to identify

han identificado al ladrón they have identified the thief; aún no han identificado las causas de la tragedia the causes of the tragedy have still not been identified

lo primero es identificar el problema

una víctima sin identificar an unidentified victim

2 (equiparar)

no identifiques violencia con juventud don't think that young people and violence automatically go together; siempre la identificaban con causas humanitarias she was always identified o associated with humanitarian causes

verbo:pronominal

identificarse

1 (demostrar la identidad) to identify o.s.

se identificó como el padre del niño he identified himself as the child's father; la policía les pidió que se identificaran the police asked them to show their identity cards

identificarse con to identify with; muchos jóvenes se identifican con este personaje many young people identify with this character; se identificaba con las víctimas del racismo he identified with victims of racism

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Verb Conjugation for "identificar"

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	identifico	identifiqué	identificaba	identificaré	identifique
Tú	identificas	identificaste	identificabas	identificarás	identifiques
Ella/Él/Usted	identifica	identificó	identificaba	identificará	identifique
Nosotros	identificamos	identificamos	identificábamos	identificaremos	identifiquemos
Vosotros	identificáis	identificasteis	identificabais	identificaréis	identifiquéis
Ellos/Ustedes	identifican	identificaron	identificaban	identificarán	identifiquen