# fechar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of p to f reflecting Arabic influence.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [feˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: fe‧char

### Verb

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)
* to lock
** 1444, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:
    Item requereu mais o dito Sueiro Gomes ẽno dito conçello, que fesesen aderesçar os muros e portas da dita vila e as fesesen fecharItem, said Sueiro Gómez also requested at that council that they should repair said town's walls and gates and lock them
    Synonym: pechar
* to close
    Synonym: cerrar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* fechado
* fecho

#### Related terms

* fecha

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fechar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fechar”, 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), “fechar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fechar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of p to f reflecting Arabic influence. By surface analysis, fecho +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈʃa(ʁ)/ [feˈʃa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈʃa(ʁ)/ [feˈʃa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /feˈʃa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /feˈʃa(ʁ)/ [feˈʃa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /feˈʃa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʃaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʃaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈt͡ʃaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈʃa.ɾi/
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* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: fe‧char

### Verb

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)
* (transitive) to close
** 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.We should close his eyes.
* (transitive) to conclude (an agreement)
* (transitive, video games) to complete (all levels of a video game)
    Synonyms: encerrar, cerrar, zerar, completar, virar
* (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
* (pronominal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “fechar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “fechar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “fechar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “fechar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “fechar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “fechar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From fecha +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [feˈt͡ʃaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fe‧char

### Verb

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite feché, past participle fechado)
* (transitive) to date (determine when something happened)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* fecha

### Further reading

* “fechar”, 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