hincar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to nail, drive, thrust
  2. (reflexive) to kneel down

Hyphenated as
hin‧car
Pronounced as (IPA)
/inˈkaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

From earlier fincar, from Old Spanish fincar, from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of ficar. The /n/ may be due to the influence of Latin fingere and its derivatives.

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