fijar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈxaɾ/ [fiˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fi‧jar
Verb
fijar (first-person singular present fijo, first-person singular preterite fijé, past participle fijado)
- to fix, fasten, set, establish, determine
- to determine, ascertain
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 207:
- Un buen medio para fijar el punto donde está el entierro cuya ubicación aproximada se cree conocer.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (graphical user interface) to pin
- tweet fijado
- pinned tweet
- (reflexive) to notice [with de ‘something’; or with en ‘something’]
- (Cuba, reflexive) To cheat on (a test) [with en ‘someone’]
Conjugation
Conjugation of fijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | fijar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | fijando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | fijado | fijada | |||||
| plural | fijados | fijadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | fijo | fijastú fijásvos |
fija | fijamos | fijáis | fijan | |
| imperfect | fijaba | fijabas | fijaba | fijábamos | fijabais | fijaban | |
| preterite | fijé | fijaste | fijó | fijamos | fijasteis | fijaron | |
| future | fijaré | fijarás | fijará | fijaremos | fijaréis | fijarán | |
| conditional | fijaría | fijarías | fijaría | fijaríamos | fijaríais | fijarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | fije | fijestú fijésvos2 |
fije | fijemos | fijéis | fijen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
fijara | fijaras | fijara | fijáramos | fijarais | fijaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
fijase | fijases | fijase | fijásemos | fijaseis | fijasen | |
| future1 | fijare | fijares | fijare | fijáremos | fijareis | fijaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | fijatú fijávos |
fije | fijemos | fijad | fijen | ||
| negative | no fijes | no fije | no fijemos | no fijéis | no fijen | ||
Selected combined forms of fijar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive fijar | dative | fijarme | fijarte | fijarle, fijarse | fijarnos | fijaros | fijarles, fijarse |
| accusative | fijarme | fijarte | fijarlo, fijarla, fijarse | fijarnos | fijaros | fijarlos, fijarlas, fijarse | |
| with gerund fijando | dative | fijándome | fijándote | fijándole, fijándose | fijándonos | fijándoos | fijándoles, fijándose |
| accusative | fijándome | fijándote | fijándolo, fijándola, fijándose | fijándonos | fijándoos | fijándolos, fijándolas, fijándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative fija | dative | fíjame | fíjate | fíjale | fíjanos | not used | fíjales |
| accusative | fíjame | fíjate | fíjalo, fíjala | fíjanos | not used | fíjalos, fíjalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative fijá | dative | fijame | fijate | fijale | fijanos | not used | fijales |
| accusative | fijame | fijate | fijalo, fijala | fijanos | not used | fijalos, fijalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative fije | dative | fíjeme | not used | fíjele, fíjese | fíjenos | not used | fíjeles |
| accusative | fíjeme | not used | fíjelo, fíjela, fíjese | fíjenos | not used | fíjelos, fíjelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative fijemos | dative | not used | fijémoste | fijémosle | fijémonos | fijémoos | fijémosles |
| accusative | not used | fijémoste | fijémoslo, fijémosla | fijémonos | fijémoos | fijémoslos, fijémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative fijad | dative | fijadme | not used | fijadle | fijadnos | fijaos | fijadles |
| accusative | fijadme | not used | fijadlo, fijadla | fijadnos | fijaos | fijadlos, fijadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative fijen | dative | fíjenme | not used | fíjenle | fíjennos | not used | fíjenles, fíjense |
| accusative | fíjenme | not used | fíjenlo, fíjenla | fíjennos | not used | fíjenlos, fíjenlas, fíjense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024