ficar

Meaning

1. (copulative) to become; to get; to end up
2. (intransitive) to be, to be located
3. (intransitive) to stay (at); to remain (in)
4. (intransitive) to remain (to be left over)
5. (intransitive) to stay (to remain in a particular place)
6. (figuratively, intransitive) not to go any further
7. (auxiliary) forms the habitual aspect
8. (Brazil, intransitive, slang) to have a one-night stand (sexually)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fiˈka(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ficar (also fincar), from Vulgar Latin *fīg(i)cāre, frequentative based on Latin fīgere (“drive in, fix in place”). Doublet of fincar.

Sentences

De que maneira podemos ficar seguros quando há um terremoto ?

How can we be safe when there is an earthquake?

Isso faz o meu backbone ficar ótimo ?

Does this make my backbone look great?