fochicar

Galician

Cognate with Spanish hocicar (“to root with the snout”). From *focico (“snout”), ultimately from Latin fodere (“to dig”).^[1]

fochicar (first-person singular present fochico, first-person singular preterite fochiquei, past participle fochicado)

to dig
Synonym: fozar
to poke (inside something)
Synonym: zoscar
(figurative) to fuck
Synonym: foder
(figurative) to manipulate or rummage on something, lacking knowledge or aptitude to use it properly; to mess up
Synonyms: enredar, fedellar, fozar

Non me fochiques no ordenador que mo vas desconfigurar.
Don't touch my computer, you are going to unset it!

Conjugation of fochicar (c-qu alternation)

Reintegrated conjugation of fochicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fochicar
Personal	fochicar	fochicares	fochicar	fochicarmos	fochicardes	fochicarem
Gerund
	fochicando
Past participle
Masculine	fochicado			fochicados
Feminine	fochicada			fochicadas
Indicative
Present	fochico	fochicas	fochica	fochicamos	fochicades, fochicais	fochicam
Imperfect	fochicava	fochicavas	fochicava	fochicávamos	fochicávades, fochicáveis, fochicávais¹	fochicavam
Preterite	fochiquei	fochicaste, fochicache¹	fochicou	fochicamos	fochicastes	fochicárom, fochicaram
Pluperfect	fochicara	fochicaras	fochicara	fochicáramos	fochicárades, fochicáreis, fochicárais¹	fochicaram
Future	fochicarei	fochicarás	fochicará	fochicaremos	fochicaredes, fochicareis	fochicarám, fochicarão
Conditional	fochicaria	fochicarias	fochicaria	fochicaríamos	fochicaríades, fochicaríeis, fochicaríais¹	fochicariam
Subjunctive
Present	fochique	fochiques	fochique	fochiquemos	fochiquedes, fochiqueis	fochiquem
Imperfect	fochicasse	fochicasses	fochicasse	fochicássemos	fochicássedes, fochicásseis	fochicassem
Future	fochicar	fochicares	fochicar	fochicarmos	fochicardes	fochicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fochica	fochique	fochiquemos	fochicade, fochicai	fochiquem
Negative (nom)		nom fochiques	nom fochique	nom fochiquemos	nom fochiquedes, nom fochiqueis	nom fochiquem

¹Less recommended.

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fochicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“fochicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fochicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“fochicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fochicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “hozar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos