fechar
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of p to f reflecting Arabic influence.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)
- to lock
- 1444, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:
- Item requereu mais o dito Sueiro Gomes ẽno dito conçello, que fesesen aderesçar os muros e portas da dita vila e as fesesen fechar
- Item, said Sueiro Gómez also requested at that council that they should repair said town's walls and gates and lock them
- Synonym: pechar
- 1444, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:
- to close
- Synonym: cerrar
Conjugation
[edit]1Less recommended.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fechar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fechar”, 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), “fechar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fechar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
[edit]- “fechar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “fechar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of /p/ to /f/ reflecting Arabic influence. By surface analysis, fecho + -ar.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)
- (transitive) to close
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:
- Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.
- We should close his eyes.
- (transitive) to conclude (an agreement)
- (transitive, video games) to complete (all levels of a video game)
- (reflexive) to shut down (emotionally withdraw into oneself as a defense mechanism)
- (transitive or pronominal) to cut off (to swerve in front of another car while driving)
- (Brazil, transitive, colloquial) to completely cover a part of the body with tattoos
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “fechar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “fechar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “fechar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “fechar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “fechar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “fechar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite feché, past participle fechado)
- (transitive) to date (determine when something happened)
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | fechar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | fechando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fechado | fechada | |||||
| plural | fechados | fechadas | |||||
| 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 | fecho | fechastú fechásvos |
fecha | fechamos | fecháis | fechan | |
| imperfect | fechaba | fechabas | fechaba | fechábamos | fechabais | fechaban | |
| preterite | feché | fechaste | fechó | fechamos | fechasteis | fecharon | |
| future | fecharé | fecharás | fechará | fecharemos | fecharéis | fecharán | |
| conditional | fecharía | fecharías | fecharía | fecharíamos | fecharíais | fecharían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | feche | fechestú fechésvos2 |
feche | fechemos | fechéis | fechen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
fechara | fecharas | fechara | fecháramos | fecharais | fecharan | |
| imperfect (se) |
fechase | fechases | fechase | fechásemos | fechaseis | fechasen | |
| future1 | fechare | fechares | fechare | fecháremos | fechareis | fecharen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | fechatú fechávos |
feche | fechemos | fechad | fechen | ||
| negative | no feches | no feche | no fechemos | no fechéis | no fechen | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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