finta

Borrowed from Italian finta.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfin.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfin.ta]

finta f (plural fintes)

1. (sports) feint

• fintar

• “finta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from German Finte.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪnta]

finta f

1. (colloquial) feint, trick

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

• “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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: fìn‧ta

From the feminine of finto.

finta

1. feminine singular of finto

finta f (plural finte)

1. affectation, simulation

   la sua penitenza è una finta ― his remorse is just for show

2. (sports) feint, dummy

• per finta

• fingersi
• finzione

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

finta

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

• 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

• fanti, tanfi

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.tɑ/

finta m

1. tail
2. sequel
3. consequence; result

Weak:

• Hyphenation: fin‧ta

finta f (plural fintas)

1. (sports) dribble

   Synonym: drible

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinta/ [ˈfĩn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: fin‧ta

Borrowed from Italian.

finta f (plural fintas)

1. feint, dummy

Borrowed from Portuguese finta.

finta f (plural fintas)

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

finta

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

• “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], 10 December 2024

finta (present fintar, preterite fintade, supine fintat, imperative finta)

1. (often followed by bort (“away”)) to feint (perform a mock attack or otherwise feign intentions in order to confuse someone)

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

• fint (“a feint”)

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