finta

See also: fintá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfin.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfin.ta]

Noun

finta f (plural fintes)

1. (sports) feint

Derived terms

• fintar

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.ta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Hyphenation: fìn‧ta

Etymology 1

From the feminine of finto.

Adjective

finta

1. feminine singular of finto

Noun

finta f (plural finte)

1. affectation, simulation

   la sua penitenza è una finta ― his remorse is just for show

2. (sports) feint, dummy

Derived terms

• per finta

Related terms

• fingersi
• finzione

Descendants

• → Catalan: finta
• → Dutch: fint
• → German: Finte
• → Portuguese: finta
• → Spanish: finta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

finta

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

Further reading

• finta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• finta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• finta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• finta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• finta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• finta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• fanti, tanfi

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fintô (“tail, train”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”). Cognate with Latin pendeō (“I hang”). Related to spin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.tɑ/

Noun

finta m

1. tail
2. sequel
3. consequence; result

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	finta	fintan
accusative	fintan	fintan
genitive	fintan	fintena
dative	fintan	fintum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfĩ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fin‧ta

Noun

finta f (plural fintas)

1. (sports) dribble

   Synonym: drible

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinta/ [ˈfĩn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: fin‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian.

Noun

finta f (plural fintas)

1. feint, dummy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese finta.

Noun

finta f (plural fintas)

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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

finta

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

Further reading

• “finta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Verb

finta (present fintar, preterite fintade, supine fintat, imperative finta)

1. (often followed by bort (“away”)) to feint (perform a mock attack or otherwise feign intentions in order to confuse someone)

Usage notes

About sports maneuvers as well as other actions meant to confuse or outwit, where it's seen as figurative.

Conjugation

Conjugation of finta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	finta		fintas
supine	fintat		fintats
imperative	finta		—
imper. plural1	finten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	fintar	fintade	fintas	fintades
ind. plural1	finta	fintade	fintas	fintades
subjunctive2	finte	fintade	fintes	fintades
present participle		fintande
past participle		fintad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• fint (“a feint”)

References

• finta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• finta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• finta in Svensk ordbok (SO)