ficha

See also: fichá

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ʃa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

ficha

1. third-person singular past historic of ficher

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fiche.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.t͡ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: fi‧cha

Noun

ficha f (plural fichas)

1. record, file; index card
2. sheet; form

   Synonyms: folha, formulário, boletim

   ficha técnica ― product sheet

   ficha de inscrição ― registration form

3. handout
4. ticket

   Synonym: senha

5. (electronics) plug
6. (electronics, colloquial) socket

   Synonym: tomada

7. (poker) chip
8. token (piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ficha.

Derived terms

• ficha técnica
• cair a ficha

References

1. “ficha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
2. “ficha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

ficha

1. inflection of fichar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfit͡ʃa/ [ˈfi.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -itʃa
• Syllabification: fi‧cha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French fiche. Compare the latter component stem in English compound microfiche.

Noun

ficha f (plural fichas)

1. chip, token (e.g. used in gambling, games and for payphones)
2. index card
3. leaflet, sheet, factsheet (sheet of paper containing information)
4. headshot
5. voucher
6. piece (in games like checkers, dominos, backgammon, etc.)
7. counter (in games)

Hyponyms

• ficha técnica (“technical data sheet, data sheet; technical file; factsheet; prescribing information”)

Derived terms

• fichero
• meter ficha
• meter fichas
• microficha
• mover fichas

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: fitxa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ficha

1. inflection of fichar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “ficha”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-ficha (infinitive kuficha)

1. to hide, conceal

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ficha
Positive present -naficha Subjunctive -fiche Negative -fichi Imperative singular ficha
Infinitives
Positive kuficha Negative kutoficha
Imperatives
Singular ficha Plural ficheni
Tensed forms
Habitual huficha Positive past positive subject concord + -lificha Negative past negative subject concord + -kuficha
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naficha) Singular Plural 1st person ninaficha/naficha tunaficha 2nd person unaficha mnaficha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaficha wanaficha other classes positive subject concord + -naficha
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fichi) Singular Plural 1st person sifichi hatufichi 2nd person hufichi hamfichi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafichi hawafichi other classes negative subject concord + -fichi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taficha Negative future negative subject concord + -taficha
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fiche) Singular Plural 1st person nifiche tufiche 2nd person ufiche mfiche 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afiche wafiche other classes positive subject concord + -fiche
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifiche Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeficha Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeficha Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalificha Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalificha
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aficha) Singular Plural 1st person naficha twaficha 2nd person waficha mwaficha 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aficha waficha m-mi(III/IV) waficha yaficha ji-ma(V/VI) laficha yaficha ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaficha vyaficha n(IX/X) yaficha zaficha u(XI) waficha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaficha pa(XVI) paficha mu(XVIII) mwaficha
Perfect positive subject concord + -meficha "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaficha "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaficha "If/When" positive subject concord + -kificha "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoficha Consecutive kaficha / positive subject concord + -kaficha Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafiche
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nificha -tuficha 2nd person -kuficha -waficha/-kuficheni/-waficheni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mficha -waficha m-mi(III/IV) -uficha -ificha ji-ma(V/VI) -lificha -yaficha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kificha -vificha n(IX/X) -ificha -zificha u(XI) -uficha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuficha pa(XVI) -paficha mu(XVIII) -muficha Reflexive -jificha
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ficha- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fichaye -fichao m-mi(III/IV) -fichao -fichayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fichalo -fichayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fichacho -fichavyo n(IX/X) -fichayo -fichazo u(XI) -fichao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fichako pa(XVI) -fichapo mu(XVIII) -fichamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ficha) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeficha -oficha m-mi(III/IV) -oficha -yoficha ji-ma(V/VI) -loficha -yoficha ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choficha -vyoficha n(IX/X) -yoficha -zoficha u(XI) -oficha see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koficha pa(XVI) -poficha mu(XVIII) -moficha
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Conversive: -fichua (“to expose”)
  • Passive: -fichwa
  • Stative: -fichika

• Nominal derivations:
  • ficho (“disguise, hideout”)