finta
See also: fintá
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
finta f (plural fintes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “finta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the feminine of finto.
Adjective edit
finta
Noun edit
finta f (plural finte)
- affectation, simulation
- la sua penitenza è una finta ― his remorse is just for show
- (sports) feint, dummy
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
finta
- inflection of fintare:
Further reading edit
- finta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- finta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- finta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- finta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- finta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- finta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fintô (“tail, train”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Latin pendeō (“I hang”). Related to spin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
finta m
Declension edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fin‧ta
Noun edit
finta f (plural fintas)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
finta f (plural fintas)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Portuguese finta.
Noun edit
finta f (plural fintas)
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Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
finta
- inflection of fintar:
Further reading edit
- “finta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Verb edit
finta (present fintar, preterite fintade, supine fintat, imperative finta)
- (often followed by bort (“away”)) to feint (perform a mock attack or otherwise feign intentions in order to confuse someone)
Usage notes edit
About sports maneuvers as well as other actions meant to confuse or outwit, where it's seen as figurative.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of finta (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | finta | fintas | ||
Supine | fintat | fintats | ||
Imperative | finta | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | finten | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | fintar | fintade | fintas | fintades |
Ind. plural1 | finta | fintade | fintas | fintades |
Subjunctive2 | finte | fintade | fintes | fintades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | fintande | |||
Past participle | fintad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
- fint (“a feint”)