fitar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [fiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈtaɾ]

Etymology 1

From fit (“fixed (of eyes)”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)

1. (transitive) to stare at

   Synonym: mirar fixament

Etymology 2

From fita (“milestone; bound”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)

1. (transitive) to demark, to set the boundary of
2. (transitive, mathematics) to bound

Derived terms

• fitació
• fitador
• fitat

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of fitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fitar
gerund			fitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fitat		fitada
		plural		fitats		fitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fito	fites	fita	fitem	fiteu	fiten
	imperfect	fitava	fitaves	fitava	fitàvem	fitàveu	fitaven
	future	fitaré	fitaràs	fitarà	fitarem	fitareu	fitaran
	preterite	fití	fitares	fità	fitàrem	fitàreu	fitaren
	conditional	fitaria	fitaries	fitaria	fitaríem	fitaríeu	fitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fiti	fitis	fiti	fitem	fiteu	fitin
	imperfect	fités	fitessis	fités	fitéssim	fitéssiu	fitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fita	fiti	fitem	fiteu	fitin
	negative (no)	—	no fitis	no fiti	no fitem	no fiteu	no fitin

Further reading

• “fitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

fitando ("staring")

Etymology

From Latin fictum (“fixed”), from Latin fīgō (“to fix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈtaɾ/

Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)

1. to stare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fitar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fitar
Personal	fitar	fitares	fitar	fitarmos	fitardes	fitaren
Gerund
	fitando
Past participle
Masculine	fitado			fitados
Feminine	fitada			fitadas
Indicative
Present	fito	fitas	fita	fitamos	fitades	fitan
Imperfect	fitaba	fitabas	fitaba	fitabamos	fitabades	fitaban
Preterite	fitei	fitaches	fitou	fitamos	fitastes	fitaron
Pluperfect	fitara	fitaras	fitara	fitaramos	fitarades	fitaran
Future	fitarei	fitarás	fitará	fitaremos	fitaredes	fitarán
Conditional	fitaría	fitarías	fitaría	fitariamos	fitariades	fitarían
Subjunctive
Present	fite	fites	fite	fitemos	fitedes	fiten
Imperfect	fitase	fitases	fitase	fitásemos	fitásedes	fitasen
Future	fitar	fitares	fitar	fitarmos	fitardes	fitaren
Imperative
Affirmative		fita	fite	fitemos	fitade	fiten
Negative (non)		non fites	non fite	non fitemos	non fitedes	non fiten

    Reintegrated conjugation of fitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fitar
Personal	fitar	fitares	fitar	fitarmos	fitardes	fitarem
Gerund
	fitando
Past participle
Masculine	fitado			fitados
Feminine	fitada			fitadas
Indicative
Present	fito	fitas	fita	fitamos	fitades, fitais	fitam
Imperfect	fitava	fitavas	fitava	fitávamos	fitávades, fitáveis, fitávais1	fitavam
Preterite	fitei	fitaste, fitache1	fitou	fitamos	fitastes	fitárom, fitaram
Pluperfect	fitara	fitaras	fitara	fitáramos	fitárades, fitáreis, fitárais1	fitaram
Future	fitarei	fitarás	fitará	fitaremos	fitaredes, fitareis	fitarám, fitarão
Conditional	fitaria	fitarias	fitaria	fitaríamos	fitaríades, fitaríeis, fitaríais1	fitariam
Subjunctive
Present	fite	fites	fite	fitemos	fitedes, fiteis	fitem
Imperfect	fitasse	fitasses	fitasse	fitássemos	fitássedes, fitásseis	fitassem
Future	fitar	fitares	fitar	fitarmos	fitardes	fitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fita	fite	fitemos	fitade, fitai	fitem
Negative (nom)		nom fites	nom fite	nom fitemos	nom fitedes, nom fiteis	nom fitem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• fito

References

• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “fitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fitar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti

Proto-Italic *θingō

Proto-Italic *fingōder.

Latin fingō

Latin fictusder.

Latin fictum

Vulgar Latin *fictāre

Portuguese fitar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fictāre, from Latin fictum (“fixed”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈta(ʁ)/ [fiˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈta(ʁ)/ [fiˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fiˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fiˈta(ʁ)/ [fiˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /fiˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈta.ɾi/

Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)

1. (transitive, literary) to stare at; to gaze at
   • 1880, Machado de Assis, “Círculo Vicioso”, in Ocidentais:

     Mas a lua, fitando o sol com azedume: / "Mísera! Tivesse eu aquela enorme, aquela / Claridade imortal, que toda a luz resume"!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fitar
Personal	fitar	fitares	fitar	fitarmos	fitardes	fitarem
Gerund
	fitando
Past participle
Masculine	fitado			fitados
Feminine	fitada			fitadas
Indicative
Present	fito	fitas	fita	fitamos	fitais	fitam
Imperfect	fitava	fitavas	fitava	fitávamos	fitáveis	fitavam
Preterite	fitei	fitaste	fitou	fitamos1, fitámos2	fitastes	fitaram
Pluperfect	fitara	fitaras	fitara	fitáramos	fitáreis	fitaram
Future	fitarei	fitarás	fitará	fitaremos	fitareis	fitarão
Conditional	fitaria	fitarias	fitaria	fitaríamos	fitaríeis	fitariam
Subjunctive
Present	fite	fites	fite	fitemos	fiteis	fitem
Imperfect	fitasse	fitasses	fitasse	fitássemos	fitásseis	fitassem
Future	fitar	fitares	fitar	fitarmos	fitardes	fitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fita	fite	fitemos	fitai	fitem
Negative (não)		não fites	não fite	não fitemos	não fiteis	não fitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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