# ficha
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fi.ʃa/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

ficha
* third-person singular past historic of ficher

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fiche.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfi.ʃɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈfi.t͡ʃɐ/
* Hyphenation: fi‧cha

#### Noun

ficha f (plural fichas)
* record, file; index card
* sheet; form
    Synonyms: folha, formulário, boletim
    ficha técnica ― product sheet
    ficha de inscrição ― registration form
* handout
* ticket
    Synonym: senha
* (electronics) plug
* (electronics, colloquial) socket
    Synonym: tomada
* (poker) chip
* token (piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money)

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ficha.

##### Derived terms

* ficha técnica
* cair a ficha

#### References

* ↑ “ficha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “ficha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ficha
* inflection of fichar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfit͡ʃa/ [ˈfi.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -itʃa
* Syllabification: fi‧cha

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fiche. Compare the latter component stem in English compound microfiche.

#### Noun

ficha f (plural fichas)
* chip, token (e.g. used in gambling, games and for payphones)
* index card
* leaflet, sheet, factsheet (sheet of paper containing information)
* headshot
* voucher
* piece (in games like checkers, dominos, backgammon, etc.)
* counter (in games)

##### Hyponyms

* ficha técnica (“technical data sheet, data sheet; technical file; factsheet; prescribing information”)

##### Derived terms

* fichero
* meter ficha
* meter fichas
* microficha
* mover fichas

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: fitxa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ficha
* inflection of fichar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “ficha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-ficha (infinitive kuficha)
* to hide, conceal

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -ficha :
| Positive present | -naficha |
| Subjunctive | -fiche |
| Negative | -fichi |
| Imperative singular | ficha |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuficha |
| Negative | kutoficha |
Imperatives :
| Singular | ficha |
| Plural | ficheni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huficha |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lificha |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuficha |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taficha |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taficha |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sifiche |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeficha |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeficha |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalificha |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalificha |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meficha |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaficha |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaficha |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kificha |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoficha |
| Consecutive | kaficha / positive subject concord + -kaficha |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kafiche |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Conversive: -fichua (“to expose”)
** Passive: -fichwa
** Stative: -fichika
* Nominal derivations:
** ficho (“disguise, hideout”)