# finta
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfin.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfin.ta]

### Noun

finta f (plural fintes)
* (sports) feint

#### Derived terms

* fintar

### Further reading

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

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Finte.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪnta]

### Noun

finta f
* (colloquial) reint, trick
    V karty hrál ne vždy poctivě, znaje mnoho rozličných fortelů a fint. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “finta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “finta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “finta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfin.ta/
* Rhymes: -inta
* Hyphenation: fìn‧ta

### Etymology 1

From the feminine of finto.

#### Adjective

finta
* feminine singular of finto

#### Noun

finta f (plural finte)
* affectation, simulation
    la sua penitenza è una finta ― his remorse is just for show
* (sports) feint, dummy

##### Derived terms

* per finta

##### Related terms

* fingersi
* finzione

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: finta
* → Dutch: fint
* → German: Finte
* → Portuguese: finta
* → Spanish: finta

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

finta
* inflection of fintare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* finta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* finta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* finta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* finta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* finta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* finta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* fanti, tanfi

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fintô (“tail, train”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Latin pendeō (“I hang”). Related to spin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfin.tɑ/

### Noun

finta m
* tail
* sequel
* consequence; result

#### Declension

Weak:

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfĩ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: fin‧ta

### Noun

finta f (plural fintas)
* (sports) dribble
    Synonym: drible

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfinta/ [ˈfĩn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -inta
* Syllabification: fin‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian.

#### Noun

finta f (plural fintas)
* feint, dummy

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese finta.

#### Noun

finta f (plural fintas)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

finta
* inflection of fintar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “finta”, 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

## Swedish
### Verb

finta (present fintar, preterite fintade, supine fintat, imperative finta)
* (often followed by bort (“away”)) to feint (perform a mock attack or otherwise feign intentions in order to confuse someone)

#### Usage notes

About sports maneuvers as well as other actions meant to confuse or outwit, where it's seen as figurative.

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* fint (“a feint”)

#### References

* finta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* finta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* finta in Svensk ordbok (SO)