fijar

Spanish

Etymology

From fijo +‎ -ar.

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)

  1. to fix, fasten, set, establish, determine
  2. 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)
  3. (graphical user interface) to pin
    tweet fijado
    pinned tweet
  4. (reflexive) to notice [with de ‘something’; or with en ‘something’]
  5. (Cuba, reflexive) To cheat on (a test) [with en ‘someone’]

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