ficar
Catalan
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to insert, to put in
- (reflexive) to meddle, to interfere
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *fīccō, *fīccāre, fīgō (I fasten, fasten, fix, pierce, I fix, drive, pin, transfix, affix, I pierce) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (stick, set up, set, jab, fix).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeygʷ-
Gloss
stick, set up, set, jab, fix
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *figico Latin
- *fīccāre Latin
- *fīccō, *fīccāre Latin
- affigo Latin
- configo Latin
- crucifigo Latin
- defigo Latin
- fibula Latin
- finis Latin
- fīgō Latin
- fīxus Latin
- infigo Latin
- perfigo Latin
- suffigo Latin
- transfigo Latin
- ficher French
- fichu French
- hincapié Spanish, Castilian
- hincar Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dīkaz Proto-Germanic
- *dīkiją Proto-Germanic
- ficher Old French
- cap Catalan, Valencian
- capficar Catalan, Valencian
- ficar Old Portuguese
- *feigʷō Proto-Italic
- ficar Old Spanish
- fincar Old Spanish
- hinka Papiamentu
- *dʰingʷ-u Proto-Albanian