certificable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *krey-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *kritós

Proto-Italic *kritos

Latin certus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Late Latin certificārelbor.

Spanish certificar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish certificable

From certificar + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeɾtifiˈkable/ [θeɾ.t̪i.fiˈka.β̞le] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /seɾtifiˈkable/ [seɾ.t̪i.fiˈka.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: cer‧ti‧fi‧ca‧ble

Adjective

certificable m or f (masculine and feminine plural certificables)

1. certifiable
   • 2015 October 15, “Análisis”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 February 2017:

     Aunque entre el error europeo posible sobre las proyecciones hacia el futuro y la falsedad española certificable sobre las cifras del pasado media un océano.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “certificable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026