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ficha

Spanish, noun

ficha is spelled F-I-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ficha is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chip, token (e.g. used in gambling, games and for payphones)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of fichar. With an accent, fichá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of fichar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza pequeña, cilíndrica y chata similar a una moneda que tiene valor dentro de un circuito cerrado, como…”.

What does ficha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininechip, token (e.g. used in gambling, games and for payphones)

  2. 2

    feminineindex card

  3. 3

    feminineleaflet, sheet, factsheet (sheet of paper containing information)

  4. 4

    feminineheadshot

  5. 5

    femininevoucher

  6. 6

    femininepiece (in games like checkers, dominos, backgammon, etc.)

  7. 7

    femininecounter (in games)

  8. 8

    femininerascal, villain

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as fichá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of fichar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pieza pequeña, cilíndrica y chata similar a una moneda que tiene valor dentro de un circuito cerrado, como por ejemplo, un casino, un lavedero de autos, una sala de juegos, etc. 2. Por extensión, piezas pequeñas y chatas que se utilizan en diversos juegos de mesa. 3. Documento técnico en donde están tabuladas las principales características mensurables del objeto sobre el que trata. 4. Por extensión, documento que guarda una institución con datos personales de algún individuo, a veces con antecedentes relevantes.

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 ficha

  • fichas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to ficha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ficha in Spanish?

ficha appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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