fingir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. See also the inherited doublet fènyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiɲˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiɲˈd͡ʒiɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present fingeixo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingit)

1. to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fingir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			fingir
gerund			fingint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fingit		fingida
		plural		fingits		fingides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fingeixo	fingeixes	fingeix	fingim	fingiu	fingeixen
	imperfect	fingia	fingies	fingia	fingíem	fingíeu	fingien
	future	fingiré	fingiràs	fingirà	fingirem	fingireu	fingiran
	preterite	fingí	fingires	fingí	fingírem	fingíreu	fingiren
	conditional	fingiria	fingiries	fingiria	fingiríem	fingiríeu	fingirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fingeixi	fingeixis	fingeixi	fingim	fingiu	fingeixin
	imperfect	fingís	fingissis	fingís	fingíssim	fingíssiu	fingissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fingeix	fingeixi	fingim	fingiu	fingeixin
	negative (no)	—	no fingeixis	no fingeixi	no fingim	no fingiu	no fingeixin

Further reading

• “fingir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “fingir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fingir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fingir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingim or fingi, past participle fingido, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of finxir

Conjugation

    Reintegrated conjugation of fingir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fingir
Personal	fingir	fingires	fingir	fingirmos	fingirdes	fingirem
Gerund
	fingindo
Past participle
Masculine	fingido			fingidos
Feminine	fingida			fingidas
Indicative
Present	finjo	finges	finge	fingimos	fingides, fingis	fingem
Imperfect	fingia	fingias	fingia	fingíamos	fingíades, fingíeis, fingíais1	fingiam
Preterite	fingim, fingi	fingiste, fingiche1	fingiu	fingimos	fingistes	fingírom, fingiram
Pluperfect	fingira	fingiras	fingira	fingíramos	fingírades, fingíreis, fingírais1	fingiram
Future	fingirei	fingirás	fingirá	fingiremos	fingiredes, fingireis	fingirám, fingirão
Conditional	fingiria	fingirias	fingiria	fingiríamos	fingiríades, fingiríeis, fingiríais1	fingiriam
Subjunctive
Present	finja	finjas	finja	finjamos	finjades, finjais	finjam
Imperfect	fingisse	fingisses	fingisse	fingíssemos	fingíssedes, fingísseis	fingissem
Future	fingir	fingires	fingir	fingirmos	fingirdes	fingirem
Imperative
Affirmative		finge	finja	finjamos	fingide, fingi	finjam
Negative (nom)		nom finjas	nom finja	nom finjamos	nom finjades, nom finjais	nom finjam

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “fingir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Old Norse

Verb

fingir

1. second-person singular past active subjunctive of fá

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fingir, from Latin fingere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fĩˈʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fĩˈʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fĩˈʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fĩˈʒi.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fin‧gir

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingi, past participle fingido)

1. to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fingir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	fingir
Personal	fingir	fingires	fingir	fingirmos	fingirdes	fingirem
Gerund
	fingindo
Past participle
Masculine	fingido			fingidos
Feminine	fingida			fingidas
Indicative
Present	finjo	finges	finge	fingimos	fingis	fingem
Imperfect	fingia	fingias	fingia	fingíamos	fingíeis	fingiam
Preterite	fingi	fingiste	fingiu	fingimos	fingistes	fingiram
Pluperfect	fingira	fingiras	fingira	fingíramos	fingíreis	fingiram
Future	fingirei	fingirás	fingirá	fingiremos	fingireis	fingirão
Conditional	fingiria	fingirias	fingiria	fingiríamos	fingiríeis	fingiriam
Subjunctive
Present	finja	finjas	finja	finjamos	finjais	finjam
Imperfect	fingisse	fingisses	fingisse	fingíssemos	fingísseis	fingissem
Future	fingir	fingires	fingir	fingirmos	fingirdes	fingirem
Imperative
Affirmative		finge	finja	finjamos	fingi	finjam
Negative (não)		não finjas	não finja	não finjamos	não finjais	não finjam

Further reading

• “fingir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fingir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fingir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fingir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere. See also the inherited doublet heñir. Cognate with English feign and fiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /finˈxiɾ/ [fĩŋˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: fin‧gir

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingido)

1. to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)
2. to fake, affect, feign

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fingir (g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fingir
gerund			fingiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fingido		fingida
		plural		fingidos		fingidas
		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	finjo	fingestú fingísvos	finge	fingimos	fingís	fingen
	imperfect	fingía	fingías	fingía	fingíamos	fingíais	fingían
	preterite	fingí	fingiste	fingió	fingimos	fingisteis	fingieron
	future	fingiré	fingirás	fingirá	fingiremos	fingiréis	fingirán
	conditional	fingiría	fingirías	fingiría	fingiríamos	fingiríais	fingirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	finja	finjastú finjásvos2	finja	finjamos	finjáis	finjan
	imperfect (ra)	fingiera	fingieras	fingiera	fingiéramos	fingierais	fingieran
	imperfect (se)	fingiese	fingieses	fingiese	fingiésemos	fingieseis	fingiesen
	future1	fingiere	fingieres	fingiere	fingiéremos	fingiereis	fingieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fingetú fingívos	finja	finjamos	fingid	finjan
	negative		no finjas	no finja	no finjamos	no finjáis	no finjan

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

    Selected combined forms of fingir (g-j alternation)

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 fingir	dative	fingirme	fingirte	fingirle, fingirse	fingirnos	fingiros	fingirles, fingirse
	accusative	fingirme	fingirte	fingirlo, fingirla, fingirse	fingirnos	fingiros	fingirlos, fingirlas, fingirse
with gerund fingiendo	dative	fingiéndome	fingiéndote	fingiéndole, fingiéndose	fingiéndonos	fingiéndoos	fingiéndoles, fingiéndose
	accusative	fingiéndome	fingiéndote	fingiéndolo, fingiéndola, fingiéndose	fingiéndonos	fingiéndoos	fingiéndolos, fingiéndolas, fingiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative finge	dative	fíngeme	fíngete	fíngele	fíngenos	not used	fíngeles
	accusative	fíngeme	fíngete	fíngelo, fíngela	fíngenos	not used	fíngelos, fíngelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fingí	dative	fingime	fingite	fingile	finginos	not used	fingiles
	accusative	fingime	fingite	fingilo, fingila	finginos	not used	fingilos, fingilas
with formal second-person singular imperative finja	dative	fínjame	not used	fínjale, fínjase	fínjanos	not used	fínjales
	accusative	fínjame	not used	fínjalo, fínjala, fínjase	fínjanos	not used	fínjalos, fínjalas
with first-person plural imperative finjamos	dative	not used	finjámoste	finjámosle	finjámonos	finjámoos	finjámosles
	accusative	not used	finjámoste	finjámoslo, finjámosla	finjámonos	finjámoos	finjámoslos, finjámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fingid	dative	fingidme	not used	fingidle	fingidnos	fingíos	fingidles
	accusative	fingidme	not used	fingidlo, fingidla	fingidnos	fingíos	fingidlos, fingidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative finjan	dative	fínjanme	not used	fínjanle	fínjannos	not used	fínjanles, fínjanse
	accusative	fínjanme	not used	fínjanlo, fínjanla	fínjannos	not used	fínjanlos, fínjanlas, fínjanse

Derived terms

• fingido
• fingimiento

Related terms

• ficción
• ficticio

Further reading

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