tipifica

Tipifica is a form of the verb tipificare in Italian, and appears similarly in Spanish and Portuguese as tipificar. It is the third-person singular present indicative in Italian (he/she/it typifies) and can also function as the 3rd person singular present of tipificar in other Romance languages. The core meaning is to typify, to designate or characterize something as a type, or to identify an example that represents a pattern. In scholarly and formal writing, tipificare and its inflected forms are used to indicate how phenomena are classified or exemplified.

Etymology derives from tipo, meaning type, with the suffix -ificare (to make or form), itself from Latin -ificare. The word carries the sense of creating or assigning something to a typological category. Its use spans disciplines such as linguistics, sociology, criminology, and taxonomy, where researchers discuss how data or phenomena are typified or organized into typologies.

Usage notes: tipifica is commonly employed to describe how a phenomenon fits a type or category. For example, Italian sentences like "Il fenomeno tipifica tre categorie principali" or "Lo studio tipifica i dati in classi distinte" illustrate the act of typifying in analysis. The related noun forms include tipificazione (the act of typifying) and tipificato (typified, past participle). In Spanish and Portuguese, tipifica serves a parallel function within similar linguistic contexts.

See also tipificación, tipificación de comportamientos, tipificador.