fisgar

Portuguese

Etymology

From fisga (hook, harpoon, slingshot) + -ar.

Verb

fisgar (first-person singular present fisgo, first-person singular preterite fisguei, past participle fisgado)

  1. (transitive) to hook (to catch with a hook)

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fixicāre, from Latin fixus (constant, unwavering).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fisˈɡaɾ/ [fizˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fis‧gar

Verb

fisgar (first-person singular present fisgo, first-person singular preterite fisgué, past participle fisgado)

  1. to snoop (on)
  2. to harpoon

Conjugation

Further reading

  • fisgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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