fincar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of ficar. Cognate with Portuguese fincar and Spanish hincar. The /n/ may be due to the influence of Latin fingere and its derivatives.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fiŋˈkaɾ]

Verb

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finquei, past participle fincado)

  1. to thrust
    Synonyms: chantar, espetar

Conjugation

  • Note: finc- are changed to finqu- before front vowels (e).

Derived terms

  • fincón

References

  • “fincar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “finq” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fincar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fincar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “fincar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of ficar. The /n/ may be due to the influence of Latin fingere and its derivatives.

Verb

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finquei, past participle fincado)

  1. to stick in
  2. inflection of fincar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /finˈkaɾ/ [fĩŋˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fin‧car

Verb

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finqué, past participle fincado)

  1. (transitive) Archaic form of hincar (“to thrust, stick, plant, cultivate”).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From finca +‎ -ar.

Verb

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finqué, past participle fincado)

  1. (intransitive) to acquire fincas
Conjugation

Further reading

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