fingir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to mold).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fĩ.ˈʒiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: fin‧gir

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present indicative finjo, past participle fingido)

  1. to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (to mold). See also the inherited doublet heñir.

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingido)

  1. to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)
  2. to fake, affect, feign

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