fina

See also: FINA, Fina, finá, and fină

English

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Contraction

fina

1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
   • 2008, Jodie Miller, quoting "Lisa", Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence, →ISBN:

     I'm like, "Well I'm fina catch the bus home," 'cause... my cousin was fina walk down to my auntie house but I wanted to go home.

   • 2011, Charlan M. Johnson, Once Lost... ...Now Found, →ISBN, page 8:

     "I'm fina make some money off yo' ass."

   • 2013, Jody Miller, quoting "Shauntell", “Case study: African American girls, urban inequality”, in The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration, →ISBN, page 267:

     Then [the girls] come out cryin', sayin' I'm fina go home.

   • 2013, Sami Martin, Kept Quiet: A Story of Family, Sex & Deceit, →ISBN, page 182:

     "I'm fina beat this bitch ass!"

References

• fina', The Rice University Neologisms Database

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, naif, naïf

Asturian

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular imperative of finar

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.na]

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fi

Etymology 2

Verb

fina

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From fino +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfina]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: fin‧a

Adjective

fina (accusative singular finan, plural finaj, accusative plural finajn)

1. final

Galician

Etymology 1

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Etymology 2

Verb

fina

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: fì‧na

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Anagrams

• anfi-, fian, naïf

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.na/

Adverb

fina

1. first-person plural pronominal form of f’: in us

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fiː.nɑ/

Adjective

fina

1. (dialectal, nonstandard since 1901) weak feminine/neuter singular of fin
   • 1980, Ingvar Moe, Sommaren te Ingebjerr, Oslo: Samlaget, page 11:

     Ingebjerr tåtte det va så kjekt atte noken vilde høyra om alt det fina og løgna som o hadde gjort på denna sommaren.

     Ingebjerr was delighted that someone would hear about all the nice and funny things she had been doing this summer.

2. (obsolete, nonstandard since 1901) strong feminine plural of fin
   • 1974 [1850], Andris Vang, “Den forgjyltø skog”, in Gamla reglo å rispo ifrå Valdris, Universitetsforlaget, page 11:

     Å dæ æ tvær fina jamfrjugo, so bea um huus i nat, sa dei.

     And there are two fair virgins, who ask for lodging tonight, said they.

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fin

Old English

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nɑ/

Noun

fina m

1. woodpecker

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	fina	finan
accusative	finan	finan
genitive	finan	finena
dative	finan	finum

Synonyms

• *spiht

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: fi‧na

Etymology 1

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Etymology 2

Verb

fina

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfina/ [ˈfi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: fi‧na

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Verb

fina

1. inflection of finar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of finir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

fina

1. inflection of fin:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural