ficar

• aficar

From Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fiˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fiˈkaɾ/
• Homophone: ficà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

ficar (first-person singular present fico, past participle ficat)

1. (transitive) to insert, to put in

   Synonyms: introduir, metre, posar

   Fica les coses dins aquella capsa. ― Put the things in that box.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to meddle, to interfere

   Synonym: entrar

   No t'hi fiquis si no t'ho demanen. ― Don't get involved if they don't ask you to.

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• “ficar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ficar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “ficar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese ficar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of fincar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈkaɾ/

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiquei, past participle ficado)

1. (intransitive) to remain; to be left
   • 1281, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media. Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 76:

     Et depoys de uossa morte fique este casar sobredito a uosso fillo Lourenço et a una persona que uos nomeardes a uosso passamento

     And after your death, this said farmhouse will be left to your son Lourenzo and to a person that you'll appoint at the moment of your decease

   Synonym: quedar

2. (transitive) to thrust, drive
   • c1350, Kevin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 104:

     Et cõ grande omjldade foy ficar os geollos ante o altar

     And with great humbleness he came before the altar and kneeled [lit. "he drove his knees"]

   Synonym: espetar

3. (copulative) to become; to get; to end up

   Synonym: quedar

• Note: fic- are changed to fiqu- before front vowels (e).

• fito

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese ficar (also fincar), from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of fincar.

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiquei, past participle ficado)

1. (copulative) to become; to get; to end up

   Eu vou ficar rico. ― I’ll get rich.

   Ficamos com nojo daquela comida. ― We were disgusted by that food.

   Eu fiquei sem dinheiro. ― I ended up without any money.

   Synonym: tornar-se

2. (transitive with em or another locational preposition) to be [in a fixed location]

   A casa dela fica na esquina desse quarteirão. ― Her house is on the corner of this block.

   Londres fica no sul da Inglaterra. ― London is in the south of England.

   Synonyms: localizar-se, ser

3. (intransitive, or transitive with em) to stay (at); to remain

   Ela não quis vir, ficou em casa. ― She didn’t want to come, she stayed home.

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling; Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo, Rocco, page 514:

     E quantos serão bastante tolos para ficar longe de mim?

     And how many will be foolish enough to stay away from me?

4. (intransitive) to remain (to be left over)

   Só ficaram algumas migalhas. ― Only a few crumbs remained.

   Synonym: sobrar

5. (transitive with em) to stay (to remain in a particular place)

   Fiquei três dias em Munique. ― I stayed three days in Munich.

6. (figurative, intransitive) not to go any further

   Synonym: parar

   A discussão fica por aqui. ― The discussion stops here.

7. (auxiliary, followed by a verb in the gerund) forms the habitual aspect

   João fica lendo o dia inteiro. ― John keeps reading the whole day.

   Eu ficava falando besteira. ― I kept saying nonsense.

8. (Brazil, slang, intransitive, or transitive with com) to engage in a romantic relationship with someone for one night or some short period of time
9. inflection of ficar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ficar.

From Old Spanish ficar (also fincar), from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of hincar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈkaɾ/ [fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧car

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiqué, past participle ficado)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) to stay

   Synonym: quedar

• “ficar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014