firmar

From Latin firmāre.

firmar (first-person singular indicative present firmo, past participle firmáu)

1. to sign

• “firmar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “firmar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Latin firmāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [firˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fiɾˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

firmar (first-person singular present firmo, first-person singular preterite firmí, past participle firmat)

1. (transitive) to sign

   Synonym: signar

• firma

• firmant

• “firmar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From Old Galician-Portuguese firmar, from Latin firmāre (“to make firm”).

• IPA^(key): [fiɾˈmaɾ]

firmar (first-person singular present firmo, first-person singular preterite firmei, past participle firmado)

1. to sign (formerly, to make firm by adding one's name)

   Synonym: asinar

   • 1441, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 365:

     esta carta de foro et de quel eu, Joan Loppes, fize et firmey et syney de meu signo

     this contract charter that I, Xoán López, made and signed [with my name] and signed with my sign

• firma

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “firmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “firmar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “firmar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “firmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “firmar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “firmar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “firmar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: fir‧mar

firmar (first-person singular present firmo, first-person singular preterite firmei, past participle firmado)

1. to sign
2. to stabilize
3. to fix

• “firmar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “firmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin firmāre (“make firm, confirm”). Doublet of hirmar.

• IPA^(key): /fiɾˈmaɾ/ [fiɾˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fir‧mar

firmar (first-person singular present firmo, first-person singular preterite firmé, past participle firmado)

1. to sign

   Él no quiso firmar el papel y por ende, no se pudo hacer nada.

   He didn't want to sign the paper and as a result, nothing could be done.

• “firmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025