fingir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fĩ.ˈʒiɾ/
Hyphenation: fin‧gir

Verb

fingir (first-person singular present indicative finjo, past participle fingido)

to pretend (to act as though something is different from what it is)

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb fingir

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ir group. The last letter g is changed to j, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these four possible sequences: -ja-, -ge-, -gi- and -jo-. Verbs with this conjugation include: agir, exigir, dirigir.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fingir
Personal	fingir	fingires	fingir	fingirmos	fingirdes	fingirem
Gerund
	fingindo
Past participle
Masculine	fingido			fingidos
Feminine	fingida			fingidas
Indicative
Present	finjo	finges	finge	fingimos	fingis	fingem
Imperfect	fingia	fingias	fingia	fingíamos	fingíeis	fingiam
Preterite	fingi	fingiste	fingiu	fingimos	fingistes	fingiram
Pluperfect	fingira	fingiras	fingira	fingíramos	fingíreis	fingiram
Future	fingirei	fingirás	fingirá	fingiremos	fingireis	fingirão
Conditional
	fingiria	fingirias	fingiria	fingiríamos	fingiríeis	fingiriam
Subjunctive
Present	finja	finjas	finja	finjamos	finjais	finjam
Imperfect	fingisse	fingisses	fingisse	fingíssemos	fingísseis	fingissem
Future	fingir	fingires	fingir	fingirmos	fingirdes	fingirem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	finge	finja	finjamos	fingi	finjam
Negative (não)	-	finjas	finja	finjamos	finjais	finjam

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fingere, present active infinitive of fingō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). See also the doublet heñir.

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

Conjugation of fingir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			fingir
gerund			fingiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fingido		fingida
		plural		fingidos		fingidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	finjo	finges^tú fingís^{^vos}	finge	fingimos	fingís	fingen
	imperfect	fingía	fingías	fingía	fingíamos	fingíais	fingían
	preterite	fingí	fingiste	fingió	fingimos	fingisteis	fingieron
	future	fingiré	fingirás	fingirá	fingiremos	fingiréis	fingirán
	conditional	fingiría	fingirías	fingiría	fingiríamos	fingiríais	fingirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	finja	finjas	finja	finjamos	finjáis	finjan
	imperfect (ra)	fingiera	fingieras	fingiera	fingiéramos	fingierais	fingieran
	imperfect (se)	fingiese	fingieses	fingiese	fingiésemos	fingieseis	fingiesen
	future¹	fingiere	fingieres	fingiere	fingiéremos	fingiereis	fingieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		finge^{^tú} fingí^{^vos}	finja	finjamos	fingid	finjan
	negative		no finjas	no finja	no finjamos	no finjáis	no finjan

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Selected combined forms of fingir^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fingir
	dative	fingirme	fingirte	fingirle, fingirse	fingirnos	fingiros	fingirles, fingirse
	accusative	fingirme	fingirte	fingirlo, fingirla, fingirse	fingirnos	fingiros	fingirlos, fingirlas, fingirse

with gerund fingiendo
	dative	fingiéndome	fingiéndote	fingiéndole, fingiéndose	fingiéndonos	fingiéndoos	fingiéndoles, fingiéndose
	accusative	fingiéndome	fingiéndote	fingiéndolo, fingiéndola, fingiéndose	fingiéndonos	fingiéndoos	fingiéndolos, fingiéndolas, fingiéndose

with informal second-person singular imperative finge
	dative	fíngeme	fíngete	fíngele	fíngenos	not used	fíngeles
	accusative	fíngeme	fíngete	fíngelo, fíngela	fíngenos	not used	fíngelos, fíngelas

with formal second-person singular imperative finja
	dative	fínjame	not used	fínjale, fínjase	fínjanos	not used	fínjales
	accusative	fínjame	not used	fínjalo, fínjala, fínjase	fínjanos	not used	fínjalos, fínjalas

with first-person plural imperative finjamos
	dative	not used	finjámoste	finjámosle	finjámonos	finjámoos	finjámosles
	accusative	not used	finjámoste	finjámoslo, finjámosla	finjámonos	finjámoos	finjámoslos, finjámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative fingid
	dative	fingidme	not used	fingidle	fingidnos	fingíos	fingidles
	accusative	fingidme	not used	fingidlo, fingidla	fingidnos	fingíos	fingidlos, fingidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative finjan
	dative	fínjanme	not used	fínjanle	fínjannos	not used	fínjanles, fínjanse
	accusative	fínjanme	not used	fínjanlo, fínjanla	fínjannos	not used	fínjanlos, fínjanlas, fínjanse

Derived terms

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