# fingir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. See also the inherited doublet fènyer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fiɲˈʒi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fiɲˈd͡ʒiɾ]

### Verb

fingir (first-person singular present fingeixo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingit)
* to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “fingir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “fingir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “fingir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “fingir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingim or fingi, past participle fingido, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of finxir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “fingir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Old Norse
### Verb

fingir
* second-person singular past active subjunctive of fá

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fĩˈʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fĩˈʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fĩˈʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fĩˈʒi(ʁ)/ [fĩˈʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fĩˈʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fĩˈʒiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fĩˈʒiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fĩˈʒi.ɾi/
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: fin‧gir

### Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingi, past participle fingido)
* to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “fingir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “fingir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “fingir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fingere. See also the inherited doublet heñir. Cognate with English feign and fiction.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /finˈxiɾ/ [fĩŋˈxiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: fin‧gir

### Verb

fingir (first-person singular present finjo, first-person singular preterite fingí, past participle fingido)
* to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)
* to fake, affect, feign

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* fingido
* fingimiento

#### Related terms

* ficción
* ficticio

### Further reading

* “fingir”, 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