# fitar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fiˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fiˈtaɾ]

### Etymology 1

From fit (“fixed (of eyes)”) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)
* (transitive) to stare at
    Synonym: mirar fixament

### Etymology 2

From fita (“milestone; bound”) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)
* (transitive) to demark, to set the boundary of
* (transitive, mathematics) to bound

##### Derived terms

* fitació
* fitador
* fitat

### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | fitar | fitar | fitar | fitar | fitar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | fitant | fitant | fitant | fitant | fitant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | fitat | fitat | fitada | fitada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | fitats | fitats | fitades | fitades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | fito | fites | fita | fitem | fiteu | fiten |
| indicative | imperfect | fitava | fitaves | fitava | fitàvem | fitàveu | fitaven |
| indicative | future | fitaré | fitaràs | fitarà | fitarem | fitareu | fitaran |
| indicative | preterite | fití | fitares | fità | fitàrem | fitàreu | fitaren |
| indicative | conditional | fitaria | fitaries | fitaria | fitaríem | fitaríeu | fitarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | fiti | fitis | fiti | fitem | fiteu | fitin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | fités | fitessis | fités | fitéssim | fitéssiu | fitessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | fita | fiti | fitem | fiteu | fitin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no fitis | no fiti | no fitem | no fiteu | no fitin |

### Further reading

* “fitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin fictum (“fixed”), from Latin fīgō (“to fix”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fiˈtaɾ/

### Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)
* to stare

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* fito

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fitar”, 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), “fitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “fitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fictāre, from Latin fictum (“fixed”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈta(ʁ)/ [fiˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fiˈta(ʁ)/ [fiˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fiˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fiˈta(ʁ)/ [fiˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fiˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fiˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fiˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)
* (transitive) to stare at; to gaze at
** 1880, Machado de Assis, “Círculo Vicioso”, in Ocidentais:Mas a lua, fitando o sol com azedume: / "Mísera! Tivesse eu aquela enorme, aquela / Claridade imortal, que toda a luz resume"!(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### References

* ↑ “fitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024