fechar

From Old Galician-Portuguese fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of p to f reflecting Arabic influence.

• IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: fe‧char

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)

1. to lock
   • 1444, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:

     Item requereu mais o dito Sueiro Gomes ẽno dito conçello, que fesesen aderesçar os muros e portas da dita vila e as fesesen fechar

     Item, said Sueiro Gómez also requested at that council that they should repair said town's walls and gates and lock them

   Synonym: pechar

2. to close

   Synonym: cerrar

• fechado
• fecho

• fecha

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fechar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fechar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fechar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of p to f reflecting Arabic influence. By surface analysis, fecho +‎ -ar.

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: fe‧char

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)

1. (transitive) to close
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:

     Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.

     We should close his eyes.

2. (transitive) to conclude (an agreement)
3. (transitive, video games) to complete (all levels of a video game)

   Synonyms: encerrar, cerrar, zerar, completar, virar

4. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
5. (pronominal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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

From fecha +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fe‧char

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite feché, past participle fechado)

1. (transitive) to date (determine when something happened)

• “fechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10