ficâ

• ficá

From Portuguese ficar.

ficâ

1. (copulative) to become, to turn, to go

   Synonym: virâ ficâ

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

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

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

   ficâ na Macau ― to live in Macau

• 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”).

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

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