fisgar

== Galician == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *fixicare, itself from fixus (“fixed”), from figere (“to fix”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: fis‧gar === Verb === fisgar (first-person singular present fisgo, first-person singular preterite fisguei, past participle fisgado) to gig, harpoon to spy, lurk, skulk (as a fisherman with a fizgig) Synonyms: espiar, espreitar ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fisgar”, 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), “fisgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fisgar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fisgar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From fisga (“hook, harpoon, slingshot”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fis‧gar === Verb === fisgar (first-person singular present fisgo, first-person singular preterite fisguei, past participle fisgado) (transitive) to hook (to catch with a hook) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “fisgar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fisgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fixicāre, from Latin fixus (“constant, unwavering”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fisˈɡaɾ/ [fizˈɣ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: fis‧gar === Verb === fisgar (first-person singular present fisgo, first-person singular preterite fisgué, past participle fisgado) to snoop (on) to harpoon ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “fisgar”, 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 Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN