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).
Conjugation of fincar
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal fincar
personal fincar fincares fincar fincarmos fincardes fincaren
Gerund
fincando
Past participle singular plural
masculine fincado fincados
feminine fincada fincadas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present finco fincas finca fincamos fincades fincan
imperfect fincaba fincabas fincaba fincabamos fincabades fincaban
preterite finquei fincaches fincou fincamos fincastes fincaron
pluperfect fincara fincaras fincara fincaramos fincarades fincaran
future fincarei fincarás fincará fincaremos fincaredes fincarán
conditional fincaría fincarías fincaría fincariamos fincariades fincarían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present finque finques finque finquemos finquedes finquen
preterite fincase fincases fincase fincásemos fincásedes fincasen
future fincar fincares fincar fincarmos fincardes fincaren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – finca finque finquemos fincade finquen
negative – finques finque finquemos finquedes finquen

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
    Conjugation of fincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal fincar
Personal fincar fincares fincar fincarmos fincardes fincarem
Gerund
fincando
Past participle
Masculine fincado fincados
Feminine fincada fincadas
Indicative
Present finco fincas finca fincamos fincais fincam
Imperfect fincava fincavas fincava fincávamos fincáveis fincavam
Preterite finquei fincaste fincou fincamos1, fincámos2 fincastes fincaram
Pluperfect fincara fincaras fincara fincáramos fincáreis fincaram
Future fincarei fincarás fincará fincaremos fincareis fincarão
Conditional
fincaria fincarias fincaria fincaríamos fincaríeis fincariam
Subjunctive
Present finque finques finque finquemos finqueis finquem
Imperfect fincasse fincasses fincasse fincássemos fincásseis fincassem
Future fincar fincares fincar fincarmos fincardes fincarem
Imperative
Affirmative finca finque finquemos fincai finquem
Negative (não) não finques não finque não finquemos não finqueis não finquem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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) to thrust, stick
    Synonym: hincar
  2. (transitive, archaic) to plant, cultivate
    Synonym: hincar
  3. (intransitive) to acquire fincas

Conjugation
    Conjugation of fincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fincar
gerund fincando
past participle masculine feminine
singular fincado fincada
plural fincados fincadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present finco fincastú
fincásvos		 finca fincamos fincáis fincan
imperfect fincaba fincabas fincaba fincábamos fincabais fincaban
preterite finqué fincaste fincó fincamos fincasteis fincaron
future fincaré fincarás fincará fincaremos fincaréis fincarán
conditional fincaría fincarías fincaría fincaríamos fincaríais fincarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present finque finquestú
finquésvos2		 finque finquemos finquéis finquen
imperfect
(ra)		 fincara fincaras fincara fincáramos fincarais fincaran
imperfect
(se)		 fincase fincases fincase fincásemos fincaseis fincasen
future1 fincare fincares fincare fincáremos fincareis fincaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative fincatú
fincávos		 finque finquemos fincad finquen
negative no finques no finque no finquemos no finquéis no finquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fincar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive fincar
dative fincarme fincarte fincarle, fincarse fincarnos fincaros fincarles, fincarse
accusative fincarme fincarte fincarlo, fincarla, fincarse fincarnos fincaros fincarlos, fincarlas, fincarse
with gerund fincando
dative fincándome fincándote fincándole, fincándose fincándonos fincándoos fincándoles, fincándose
accusative fincándome fincándote fincándolo, fincándola, fincándose fincándonos fincándoos fincándolos, fincándolas, fincándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative finca
dative fíncame fíncate fíncale fíncanos not used fíncales
accusative fíncame fíncate fíncalo, fíncala fíncanos not used fíncalos, fíncalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fincá
dative fincame fincate fincale fincanos not used fincales
accusative fincame fincate fincalo, fincala fincanos not used fincalos, fincalas
with formal second-person singular imperative finque
dative fínqueme not used fínquele, fínquese fínquenos not used fínqueles
accusative fínqueme not used fínquelo, fínquela, fínquese fínquenos not used fínquelos, fínquelas
with first-person plural imperative finquemos
dative not used finquémoste finquémosle finquémonos finquémoos finquémosles
accusative not used finquémoste finquémoslo, finquémosla finquémonos finquémoos finquémoslos, finquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fincad
dative fincadme not used fincadle fincadnos fincaos fincadles
accusative fincadme not used fincadlo, fincadla fincadnos fincaos fincadlos, fincadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative finquen
dative fínquenme not used fínquenle fínquennos not used fínquenles, fínquense
accusative fínquenme not used fínquenlo, fínquenla fínquennos not used fínquenlos, fínquenlas, fínquense

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