fitar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [fiˈtaɾ]

From fit (“fixed (of eyes)”) +‎ -ar.

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)

1. (transitive) to stare at

   Synonym: mirar fixament

From fita (“milestone; bound”) +‎ -ar.

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fití, past participle fitat)

1. (transitive) to demark, to set the boundary of
2. (transitive, mathematics) to bound

• fitació
• fitador
• fitat

• “fitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin fictum (“fixed”), from Latin fīgō (“to fix”).

• IPA^(key): /fiˈtaɾ/

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)

1. to stare

• fito

• “fitar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fitar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “fitar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *fictāre, from Latin fictum (“fixed”).[1]

fitar (first-person singular present fito, first-person singular preterite fitei, past participle fitado)

1. (transitive) to stare at; to gaze at
   • 1880, Machado de Assis, “Círculo Vicioso”, in Ocidentais:

     Mas a lua, fitando o sol com azedume: / "Mísera! Tivesse eu aquela enorme, aquela / Claridade imortal, que toda a luz resume"!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)