fincar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *fīccō, *fīccāre, from earlier *fīgicō, *fīgicāre, frequentative of Latin fīgere, from fīgō (“I fasten, fix”). Possibly influenced phonetically by Latin fingō, fingere. Cognate with Portuguese fincar and Spanish hincar.

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

    Conjugation of fincar

infinitive			fincar
gerund			fincando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		fincado		fincados
		feminine		fincada		fincadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
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	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	finca	finque	finquemos	fincade	finquen
	negative	—	finques	finque	finquemos	finquedes	finquen
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		fincar	fincares	fincar	fincarmos	fincardes	fincaren

Derived terms

• fincón

References

• “fincar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “finq” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīccō, *fīccāre, from earlier *fīgicō, *fīgicāre, frequentative of Latin fīgere, from fīgō (“I fasten, fix”). Possibly influenced phonetically by Latin fingō, fingere. Doublet of ficar, from a variant Old Portuguese form.

Verb

fincar (first-person singular present indicative finco, past participle fincado)

1. to stick in
2. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of fincar
3. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of fincar
4. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of fincar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of fincar

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb fincar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	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	fincamos fincámos	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)	-	finques	finque	finquemos	finqueis	finquem

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• hincar (standard)

Etymology

From Old Spanish fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīccō, *fīccāre, from earlier *fīgicō, *fīgicāre, frequentative of Latin fīgere, from fīgō (“I fasten, fix”). Doublet of ficar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finˈkaɾ/, [fĩŋ.ˈkaɾ]

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

• c becomes qu before e.

    Conjugation of fincar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

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

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

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)

    Selected combined forms of fincar^{edit data}

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 imperative finca
	dative	fíncame	fíncate	fíncale	fíncanos	not used	fíncales
	accusative	fíncame	fíncate	fíncalo, fíncala	fíncanos	not used	fíncalos, fíncalas
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

Derived terms

• afincar
• finca
• hincar

 

Further reading

• “fincar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.