fico

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See also: Fico, FICO, ficó, fico-, and -fico

English

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Etymology

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From Italian fico (a fig), from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fig.

A fico.

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Noun

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fico (plural ficoes)

  1. (archaic) a fig; an insignificant trifle
  2. (archaic) a sign of contempt made with the fingers
    • 1894, Stanley John Weyman, “XXI. Among the Wounded”, in My Lady Rotha:
      As for these chicken-hearted tremblers,' he continued, squinting askance at our companions, 'a fico for them!

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

Galician

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Verb

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fico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

Italian

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Fico (fruit)
Fico (tree)

Etymology 1

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From Latin ficus.

Noun

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fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)

  1. fig (fresh fruit and tree)
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Etymology 2

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From Romanesco fico, desuffixation of ficaccio, popular corruption of efficace. Often connected to fica, but this has been shown to be wrong.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ko/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: fì‧co

Noun

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fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)

  1. (slang) cool guy, bit of alright

Adjective

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fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)

  1. (slang) great, cool (admirable)
    Synonym: (Northern Italy) figo

Further reading

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Accademia della Crusca

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fīcō

  1. dative/ablative singular of fīcus

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar
    Fico feliz em ajudar.I am happy to help.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfiko/ [ˈfi.ko]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: fi‧co

Verb

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fico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of ficar

West Makian

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Etymology

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From fi- +‎ co (to see).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fico

  1. (transitive) to look at
  2. (transitive) to keep an eye on

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fico (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tefico mefico afico
2nd person nefico fefico
3rd person inanimate ifico defico
animate
imperative nifico, fico fifico, fico

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics