fijar

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Spanish

Etymology

From fijo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiˈxaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fi‧jar

Verb

fijar (first-person singular present fijo, first-person singular preterite fijé, past participle fijado)

  1. to fix, fasten, set, establish, determine
  2. (reflexive) to notice (followed by en)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive fijar
gerund fijando
past participle masculine feminine
singular fijado fijada
plural fijados fijadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fijo fijastú
fijásvos 		fija fijamos fijáis fijan
imperfect fijaba fijabas fijaba fijábamos fijabais fijaban
preterite fijé fijaste fijó fijamos fijasteis fijaron
future fijaré fijarás fijará fijaremos fijaréis fijarán
conditional fijaría fijarías fijaría fijaríamos fijaríais fijarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present fije fijestú
fijésvos2 		fije fijemos fijéis fijen
imperfect
(ra) 		fijara fijaras fijara fijáramos fijarais fijaran
imperfect
(se) 		fijase fijases fijase fijásemos fijaseis fijasen
future1 fijare fijares fijare fijáremos fijareis fijaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative fijatú
fijávos 		fije fijemos fijad fijen
negative no fijes no fije no fijemos no fijéis no fijen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fijar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive fijar
dative fijarme fijarte fijarle, fijarse fijarnos fijaros fijarles, fijarse
accusative fijarme fijarte fijarlo, fijarla, fijarse fijarnos fijaros fijarlos, fijarlas, fijarse
with gerund fijando
dative fijándome fijándote fijándole, fijándose fijándonos fijándoos fijándoles, fijándose
accusative fijándome fijándote fijándolo, fijándola, fijándose fijándonos fijándoos fijándolos, fijándolas, fijándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fija
dative fíjame fíjate fíjale fíjanos not used fíjales
accusative fíjame fíjate fíjalo, fíjala fíjanos not used fíjalos, fíjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fijá
dative fijame fijate fijale fijanos not used fijales
accusative fijame fijate fijalo, fijala fijanos not used fijalos, fijalas
with formal second-person singular imperative fije
dative fíjeme not used fíjele, fíjese fíjenos not used fíjeles
accusative fíjeme not used fíjelo, fíjela, fíjese fíjenos not used fíjelos, fíjelas
with first-person plural imperative fijemos
dative not used fijémoste fijémosle fijémonos fijémoos fijémosles
accusative not used fijémoste fijémoslo, fijémosla fijémonos fijémoos fijémoslos, fijémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fijad
dative fijadme not used fijadle fijadnos fijaos fijadles
accusative fijadme not used fijadlo, fijadla fijadnos fijaos fijadlos, fijadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fijen
dative fíjenme not used fíjenle fíjennos not used fíjenles, fíjense
accusative fíjenme not used fíjenlo, fíjenla fíjennos not used fíjenlos, fíjenlas, fíjense

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