fixate

English

Verb

fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)

1. To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
2. To stare fixedly at something.
3. To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
4. (psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner.

Translations

to make something fixed

• Bulgarian: закрепвам (bg) (zakrepvam)
• Finnish: fikseerata (fi), kiinnittää (fi)

• German: fixieren (de), festmachen (de), befestigen (de)

to stare fixedly

• Bulgarian: фиксирам (bg) (fiksiram)
• Finnish: kiinnittää (fi) katseensa (fi)

to attend to the exclusion of others

• Bulgarian: спирам се на (bg) (spiram se na)
• Finnish: fiksoitua (fi), keskittyä (fi)

psychology: to attach oneself to a person

• Finnish: fiksoitua (fi), takertua (fi)