Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FECHARCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FECHAR fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#FECHAR pesclum, from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#FECHAR pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of p to f reflecting Arabic influence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [feˈt͡ʃaɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#FECHAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ#FECHARCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ/2 syllables#FECHAR
• Hyphenation: fe‧char

Verb

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)Category:Galician lemmas#FECHARCategory:Galician verbs#FECHARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#FECHARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#FECHARCategory:Pages with entries#FECHARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FECHAR

1. to lock
   • 1444, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 170:

     Item requereu mais o dito Sueiro Gomes ẽno dito conçello, que fesesen aderesçar os muros e portas da dita vila e as fesesen fechar

     Item, said Sueiro Gómez also requested at that council that they should repair said town's walls and gates and lock them

     Category:Galician terms with quotations#FECHAR

   Synonym: pechar

2. to close

   Synonym: cerrar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fechar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fechar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fechar”, 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), “fechar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fechar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “fechar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “fechar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#FECHARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#FECHAR fechar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#FECHAR pesclum, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#FECHAR pessulus (“bolt”). Probably a southern Portuguese variant, with the change of /p/ to /f/ reflecting Arabic influence. By surface analysis, fecho +‎ -arCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar#FECHAR.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#FECHAR

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#FECHAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aɾ#FECHARCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aɾ/2 syllables#FECHAR
• Hyphenation: fe‧char

Verb

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite fechei, past participle fechado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#FECHARCategory:Portuguese verbs#FECHARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#FECHARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FECHARCategory:Pages with entries#FECHARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FECHAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#FECHAR) to close
   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 373:

     Devíamos fechar os olhos dele.

     We should close his eyes.

     Category:Portuguese terms with quotations#FECHAR

2. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#FECHAR) to conclude (an agreement)
3. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#FECHAR, video gamesCategory:pt:Video games#FECHAR) to complete (all levels of a video game)

   Synonyms: encerrar, cerrar, zerar, completar, virar

4. (reflexiveCategory:Portuguese reflexive verbs#FECHAR) to shut down (emotionally withdraw into oneself as a defense mechanism)
5. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#FECHAR or pronominal) to cut off (to swerve in front of another car while driving)
6. (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#FECHAR, transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#FECHAR, colloquialCategory:Portuguese colloquialisms#FECHAR) to completely cover a part of the body with tattoos

Further reading

• “fechar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fechar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “fechar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “fechar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “fechar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “fechar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

From fecha +‎ -arCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ar#FECHAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [feˈt͡ʃaɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#FECHARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#FECHAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#FECHARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#FECHAR
• Syllabification: fe‧char

Verb

fechar (first-person singular present fecho, first-person singular preterite feché, past participle fechado)Category:Spanish lemmas#FECHARCategory:Spanish verbs#FECHARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#FECHARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#FECHARCategory:Pages with entries#FECHARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FECHAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#FECHAR) to date (determine when something happened)

Further reading

• “fechar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025