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 0814756980:

     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 1468505335, 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 0199859019, 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 1481747916, page 182:

     "I'm fina beat this bitch ass!"

References

• fina', The Rice University Neologisms Database

Asturian

Verb

fina

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

Catalan

Adjective

fina

1. feminine of fi

Esperanto

Etymology

From fino +‎ -a.

Adjective

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

1. final

Italian

Adjective

fina f sg

1. feminine singular of fino

Anagrams

• naïf

Novial

Verb

fina ‎(past finad, active participle finant, passive participle finat)

1. end

Antonyms

• komensa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: fi‧na

Adjective

fina f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective fino.

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of finar

Spanish

Adjective

fina f sg

1. feminine singular of fino

Verb

fina

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of finir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of finir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of finir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of finir.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

fina

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fin.