ficar

• ficare

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

• IPA^(key): /fiˈka/
• IPA^(key): /fiˈkaɾ/

ficar

1. (transitive) to insert, to put in

   Fica las cosas dintro d'ixa caixa. ― Put the things in that box.

• “ficar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

• aficar

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

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

ficar (first-person singular present fico, first-person singular preterite fiquí, 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.

• ficar el nas

• “ficar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ficar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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, editors, 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

• 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.

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

   Synonyms: localizar, ser

   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.

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)

   Synonym: sobrar

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

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ficar.

Inherited 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