fixar

From fix +‎ -ar. Compare Spanish fijar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fikˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fikˈsaɾ]

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fixar (first-person singular present fixo, first-person singular preterite fixí, past participle fixat)

1. (transitive) to fix, fasten, set in place
2. (transitive) to set, decide, settle on
3. (pronominal) to focus on, to observe
4. (pronominal) to notice, to see

• “fixar”, 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
• “fixar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fixar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fixar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From fixo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʃaɾ/ [fiˈʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: fi‧xar

fixar (first-person singular present fixo, first-person singular preterite fixei, past participle fixado)

1. (transitive) to affix, attach, set in place
2. (transitive) to set, settle on
3. (transitive) to focus on, to observe something
4. (transitive) to memorise, to remember
5. (reflexive) to notice, to centre one's attention on

• “fixar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “fixar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From fixo +‎ -ar. Compare French fixer.

• Hyphenation: fi‧xar

fixar (first-person singular present fixo, first-person singular preterite fixei, past participle fixado)

1. (transitive) to fix, fasten, secure
2. (transitive) to set (a date, time, deadline)
3. (transitive) to memorise something (to retain in one's memory)
4. (transitive, reflexive) to stare
5. (transitive, reflexive) to centre one's attention on
6. (transitive, photography) to fix

• “fixar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fixar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “fixar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fixar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fixar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fixar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

fixar

1. indefinite plural of fix

fixar

1. present indicative of fixa