fina

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Contraction

fina

1. African American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
   • 2008, Jodie Miller, quoting "Lisa", Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence, →ISBN:

     I'm like, "Well I'm fina catch the bus home," 'cause... my cousin was fina walk down to my auntie house but I wanted to go home.

   • 2011, Charlan M. Johnson, Once Lost... ...Now Found, →ISBN, page 8:

     "I'm fina make some money off yo' ass."

   • 2013, Jody Miller, quoting "Shauntell", “Case study: African American girls, urban inequality”, in The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration, →ISBN, page 267:

     Then [the girls] come out cryin', sayin' I'm fina go home.

   • 2013, Sami Martin, Kept Quiet: A Story of Family, Sex & Deceit, →ISBN, page 182:

     "I'm fina beat this bitch ass!"

References

• fina', The Rice University Neologisms Database

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, naif, naïf

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular imperative of finar

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.na/

Adjective

fina

1. feminine of fi

Etymology

From fino +‎ -a.

Adjective

fina (accusative singular finan, plural finaj, accusative plural finajn)

1. final

Adjective

fina f sg

1. feminine singular of fino

Anagrams

• naïf

Verb

fina (past finad, active participle finant, passive participle finat)

1. end

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinɑ/

Noun

fina m

1. woodpecker

   Finena tungan habbaþ ēare on þām ende, mid þām hīe hlosniaþ ċeorfdēora tō etanne.

   Woodpeckers' tongues have an ear at the end, with which they listen for insects to eat.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: fi‧na

Adjective

fina

1. Feminine singular of adjective fino.

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of finar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfina/

Adjective

fina f sg

1. feminine singular of fino

Verb

fina

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of finir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of finir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of finir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of finir.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fina

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fin.