fichar

From ficha (“chip, card”) +‎ -ar.

fichar (first-person singular present ficho, first-person singular preterite fichei, past participle fichado)

1. to record, file, index (make a record of information)
2. (law enforcement) to book

• “fichar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “fichar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “fichar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From ficha (“chip, card”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈt͡ʃaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧char

fichar (first-person singular present ficho, first-person singular preterite fiché, past participle fichado)

1. (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card)

   Todos los trabajadores tienen que fichar a la entrada y a la salida.

   All workers have to clock in and out.

2. to record, file, index (make a record of information)
3. (crime) to book, to put on file (arrested), n the crosshairs
4. (by extension, colloquial) to have your eye on
5. (sports) to sign, to sign up

   Manchester United fichó al defensor Harry Maguire por 97 millones de dólares.

   Manchester United signed the defender Harry Maguire for 97 million dollars.

• “fichar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28