fincar (first-person singular indicative present finco, past participle fincáu)

1. to thrust

   Synonyms: clavar, espetar

From Old Galician-Portuguese fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of ficar. Cognate with Portuguese fincar and Spanish hincar. The /n/ may be due to the influence of Latin fingere and its derivatives.

• IPA^(key): [fiŋˈkaɾ]

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finquei, past participle fincado)

1. to thrust

   Synonyms: chantar, espetar

• fincón

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fincar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fincar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fincar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fincar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fincar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fincar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fincar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of ficar. The -n- may be due to the influence of Latin fingere and its derivatives.

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finquei, past participle fincado)

1. to stick in

• “fincar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fincar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /finˈkaɾ/ [fĩŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fin‧car

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finqué, past participle fincado)

1. (transitive) archaic form of hincar (“to thrust, stick, plant, cultivate”)
2. (intransitive) obsolete form of ficar

From finca +‎ -ar.

fincar (first-person singular present finco, first-person singular preterite finqué, past participle fincado)

1. (intransitive) to acquire fincas

• “fincar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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