ficâ

See also: fica, FICA, ficá, ficà, and -fica

Macanese

Alternative forms

• ficá

Etymology

From Portuguese ficar.

Verb

ficâ

1. to become, to turn, to go

   Ai! Qui grándi já ficâ estunga quiança, qui espigado!

   Wow! How tall this kid has become, how grown!

2. to be (in a certain state)
3. to remain
4. to be located
5. to live, to reside

   ficâ na Macau ― to live in Macau

Usage notes

• Often used with an adjective/past participle to express entering a certain state, e.g. ficâ durmido (“to fall asleep”, literally “to become asleep”), or ficâ murúm (“to sadden oneself”, literally “to become sad”).

Derived terms

• virâ ficâ (“to convert into, to transform into”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm