verb

identificar

identify

Reconocer o señalar quién o qué es una persona, animal o cosa.

To identify: to recognize or establish who someone is or what something is.
- La policía identificó al sospechoso. — The police identified the suspect.
To determine or pinpoint something, such as a problem or cause.
- Identificaron la causa del error. — They identified the cause of the error.
To associate or equate one thing with another.
- Identifica el éxito con el dinero. — He associates success with money.
In the reflexive form, identificarse can mean “to identify oneself” or “to relate to someone or something.”
- Me identifico con ese personaje. — I relate to that character.

Identificar is a regular -ar verb. Its past participle is identificado.
It comes from Latin roots associated with identity and making: roughly, “to make the same” or “establish as the same.”

reconocer — to recognize; often emphasizes knowing someone or something from previous experience.
determinar — to determine; emphasizes establishing a fact or result.
asociar — to associate; relates to connecting ideas rather than establishing identity.
confundir — to confuse or mistake one thing for another; an opposite when identification fails.