fecha

See also: fechá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin facta.

Noun

fecha f (plural feches)

1. date (time)

Participle

fecha f sg

1. feminine singular of the past participle of faer

Galician

corga da fecha ("ravine of the waterfall"), Lobios, Galicia

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin fistula (“water pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfet͡ʃa/ [ˈfe.t͡ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -etʃa
• Hyphenation: fe‧cha

Noun

fecha f (plural fechas)

1. gulp, sip

   Synonyms: fechiña, grolo, pinga

2. any alcoholic beverage, booze
3. (archaic) waterfall

   Synonym: fervenza

Derived terms

• fechiña (“sip”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fecha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fecha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fecha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

fecha

1. inflection of fechar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ʃɐ/, /ˈfɛ.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ʃɐ/, /ˈfɛ.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ʃa/, /ˈfɛ.ʃa/

• Hyphenation: fe‧cha

Verb

fecha

1. inflection of fechar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfet͡ʃa/ [ˈfe.t͡ʃa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -etʃa
• Syllabification: fe‧cha

Etymology 1

From Latin facta.

Noun

fecha f (plural fechas)

1. date (that which specifies the time when something was made)
2. date (a specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place)

   Synonym: (less common) data

Derived terms

• fecha de caducidad
• fecha de nacimiento
• fecha de vencimiento
• fecha límite
• hasta la fecha
• ponerse fecha

Related terms

• fechado
• fechador
• fechar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fecha

1. inflection of fechar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

fecha f sg

1. feminine singular of fecho

Further reading

• “fecha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10