justificar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to justify (provide an acceptable explanation for)
2. (transitive) to justify; to warrant (be a good, acceptable reason for)
3. (transitive) to justify (arrange text on a computer screen)
4. (reflexive) to justify (give reasons for one’s actions)
5. (Brazil, intransitive) To formally declare why one did not vote in the elections, in order to retain one's rights associated with voting.

Concepts

justify

vindicate

warrant

explain away

found

ground

guarantee

legitimize

make out

motivate

substantiate

validate

whitewash

make a case for

account for

give reasons

circumstantiate

excuse

Translations

justifier

justificar

justificar

giustificare

rechtfertigen

rechtvaardigen

begründen

ayarlamak

δικαιολογώ

legitimar

στοιχίζω

im Blocksatz ausrichten

πλήρης στοίχιση

darlegen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒus.t͡ʃi.fiˈka(ʁ)/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin iūstificāre. By surface analysis, justo + -ificar.