fitar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiˈtaɾ]

From fit (“fixed (of eyes)”) +‎ -ar.

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)

1. (transitive) to stare at

   Synonym: mirar fixament

From fita (“milestone; bound”) +‎ -ar.

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)

1. (transitive) to demark, to set the boundary of
2. (transitive, mathematics) to bound

• fitació
• fitador
• fitat

• “fitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

 

From Latin fictum (“fixed”), from Latin fīgō (“to fix”).

• IPA^(key): /fiˈtaɾ/

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)

1. to stare

• fito

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fitar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “fitar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fitar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Vulgar Latin *fictāre, from Latin fictum (“fixed”).^[1]

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)

1. (transitive) to stare at; to gaze at
   • 1880, Machado de Assis, “Círculo Vicioso”, in Ocidentais:

     Mas a lua, fitando o sol com azedume: / "Mísera! Tivesse eu aquela enorme, aquela / Claridade imortal, que toda a luz resume"!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)