fisga

From fisgar, from Vulgar Latin *fixicare, itself from fixus (“fixed”), from figere (“to fix”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfisɣa̝/

fisga f (plural fisgas)

1. gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon

   Synonym: francada

• fisgar

fisga f (plural fisgas)

1. white long mark in the head of a horse

• fisgado
• físgoa

• “fisga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fisga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fisga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fisga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

fisga

1. inflection of fisgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

fisga

1. amulet
2. talisman

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

From Spanish fisga (“trident, harpoon”), back-formation from fisgar (“to spear, harpoon”).

fisga f (plural fisgas)

1. (Portugal) slingshot (device for shooting small projectiles)

   Synonyms: estilingue, baladeira, atiradeira, bodoque, funda, setra

2. (fishing) gig (a forked spear used to catch fish)
3. barb (a point that stands backwards, especially in a fishhook or gig)

fisga

1. inflection of fisgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “fisga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

fisga

1. inflection of fisgar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative