fechar
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editfechar (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
edit1Less recommended.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fechar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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
Portuguese
editEtymology
editInherited 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
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: fe‧char
Audio (Northern Portugal): (file) Audio (Portugal): (file)
Verb
editfechar (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; 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)
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Conjugation
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
edit- “fechar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “fechar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “fechar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “fechar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “fechar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “fechar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite feché, past participle fechado)
- (transitive) to date (determine when something happened)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | fechar | ||||||
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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
editFurther reading
edit- “fechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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