fingir

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fingere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. See also the inherited doublet fènyer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [fiɲˈʒi] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fiɲˈd͡ʒiɾ] === Verb === fingir (first-person singular present fingeixo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingit) to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “fingir”, 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 “fingir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “fingir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “fingir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Verb === fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingim or fingi, past participle fingido, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of finxir ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “fingir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Old Norse == === Verb === fingir second-person singular past active subjunctive of fá == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fingir, from Latin fingere. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fin‧gir === Verb === fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingi, past participle fingido) to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Macanese: finzí, fingí === Further reading === “fingir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fingir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “fingir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “fingir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fingere. See also the inherited doublet heñir. Cognate with English feign and fiction. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /finˈxiɾ/ [fĩŋˈxiɾ] Rhymes: -iɾ Syllabification: fin‧gir === Verb === fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingido) to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is) to fake, affect, feign ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “fingir”, 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