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ficar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • become verb To start being something different; to change into.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • hook up phrasal verb To have a casual sexual encounter with someone, usually without being in a relationship with them.
  • lie verb To be in or move into a horizontal, resting position.
  • linger verb To stay in a place longer than necessary, often reluctant to leave.
  • remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
  • wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

ficar is used for these senses in English:

  • become (transitive) To be proper for; to beseem. [from 13th c.]
  • fall (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
  • get (copulative) To become, or cause oneself to become.
  • get (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
  • get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • get (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
  • go To become, move to or come to (a state, position, situation)
  • go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).

become — full definition

  1. verb To start being something different; to change into.
  2. verb To suit or look attractive on someone (formal/literary).

fall — full definition

  1. verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  2. verb To decrease in amount, level, or intensity.
  3. verb To be defeated, collapse, or come to an end (of a government, city, or empire).
  4. verb To happen or occur on a particular date.
  5. noun Autumn; the season between summer and winter.

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