fixo

Asturian

Alternative forms

Verb

fixo

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of facer

Catalan

Verb

fixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fixar

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiʃo/ [ˈfi.ʃʊ]
  • Rhymes: -iʃo
  • Hyphenation: fi‧xo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin fīxus.

Adjective

fixo (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixas)

  1. fixed, immoveable
  2. permanent

Etymology 2

From a genericized trademark.

Noun

fixo m (plural fixos)

  1. sellotape

Etymology 3

Verb

fixo

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of facer

References

Latin

Participle

fīxō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fīxus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfik.su/, /ˈfi.ki.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfik.so/

  • Rhymes: -iksu
  • Hyphenation: fi‧xo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin fīxus. Doublet of the inherited fito.

Adjective

fixo (feminine fixa, masculine plural fixos, feminine plural fixas)

  1. fixed, immoveable
  2. permanent

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fixar

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Fixo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiɡso/ [ˈfiɣ̞.so]
  • Rhymes: -iɡso
  • Syllabification: fi‧xo

Noun

fixo m (plural fixos)

  1. (southern Spain) adhesive tape

Further reading

  • Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “fixo”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]