afincar
Spanish, verb/afinˈkaɾ/
afincar is spelled A-F-I-N-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afincar is a Spanish verb meaning “to take up residence, settle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fijar, empotrar, asegurar un objeto”.
What does afincar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to take up residence, settle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fijar, empotrar, asegurar un objeto. 2. Apoyar un objeto en otro. 3. Dar una bofetada, golpe de puño o patada. 4. Dar prisa, hacer que las cosas se hagan más rápido.
verb: 1. Comprar una finca. 2. Establecer su residencia en un nuevo lugar y crear lazos sociales en él. 3. Estudiar su materia a conciencia antes de rendir un examen o presentarse en público.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afincar
- afinco first-person present singular
- afinqué first-person preterite singular
- afincado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- afincando gerund
- afincada feminine participle past
- afincados masculine participle past
- afincadas feminine participle past
- afincas indicative informal present
- afincás indicative informal present
- afinca indicative present singular
- afincamos first-person indicative plural
- afincáis indicative plural present
- afincan indicative plural present
- afincaba first-person imperfect indicative
- afincabas imperfect indicative second-person
- afincábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afincabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afincar?
- /afinˈkaɾ/
- [a.fĩŋˈkaɾ]
- [afĩŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is afincar in Spanish?
afincar appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).