fisgar
Spanish, verb/fisˈɡaɾ/
fisgar is spelled F-I-S-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish, the 222,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fisgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to snoop (on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pescar con un tipo de arpón de tres dientes para peces grandes (llamado "fisga")”.
What does fisgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to snoop (on)
- 2
to harpoon
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pescar con un tipo de arpón de tres dientes para peces grandes (llamado "fisga"). 2. Explorar algo empleando el sentido del olfato. 3. Enfocar la curiosidad en el esfuerzo de averiguar, percibir o enterarse de algo que está oculto, es secreto o confidencial, o es difícil de conocer.
verb: 1. Hacer burla o ridiculizar a alguien de modo sutil, hábil e indirecto.
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 fisgar
- fisgo first-person present singular
- fisgué first-person preterite singular
- fisgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- fisgando gerund
- fisgada feminine participle past
- fisgados masculine participle past
- fisgadas feminine participle past
- fisgas indicative informal present
- fisgás indicative informal present
- fisga indicative present singular
- fisgamos first-person indicative plural
- fisgáis indicative plural present
- fisgan indicative plural present
- fisgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fisgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fisgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- fisgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fisgar?
- /fisˈɡaɾ/
- [fizˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [fisˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fisgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fisgar in Spanish?
fisgar appears about once in every 39 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).