finta

Borrowed from Spanish finta.

finta (plural fintas)

1. (Judaism) A yearly synagogue membership fee (in Western Sephardic communities)
   • 1893, Israel Zangwill, “Showing How the King Enriched the Synagogue” (chapter VI), in The King of Schnorrers‎^[1] (fiction), New York: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 142:

     "Pah! What are you talking of, sir?" and he looked up cautiously for the first time at the picturesque figure. "What does the Synagogue want of me? I pay my finta and every bill the rascals send me. Monstrous fine sums, too, egad—"

   • 1872, “Regulations respecting the finta, and Election of Fintadores.” (chapter II), in Ascamot: or, Laws and Regulations of the Congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews‎^[2], revised and amended edition, London: Wertheimer, Lea & Co., →OCLC, Ascamot of the Elders, page 12:

     To provide for the expenses of our Synagogues, as well as for the assistance of our poor, the Finta annually paid in the Congregation was established; and in the year 5569 a meeting of the Yehidim fixed the maximum amount thereof at £1,400 per annum. The mode of raising the said Finta shall be as follows:—
     1st. Every two years, at the Annual Meeting of the Elders, the said gentlemen shall take into consideration the amount to be raised as Finta, within the limit of the said £1,400, and in the month of Tebet ensuing, notices shall be issued to the Yehidim to meet in the Chamber of the Mahamad, on the day and hour which the said Mahamad shall appoint, to elect ten persons, who, jointly with the five gentlemen of the Mahamad, shall be the Fintadores (assessors of the Finta), the ballot for which shall be open for one hour from the time fixed for the meeting.

Borrowed from Italian finta.

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

finta f (plural fintes)

1. (sports) feint

• fintar

• “finta”, 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

Borrowed from German Finte.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪnta]

finta f

1. (colloquial) feint, trick

   V karty hrál ne vždy poctivě, znaje mnoho rozličných fortelů a fint. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “finta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “finta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “finta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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

From the feminine of finto.

finta

1. feminine singular of finto

finta f (plural finte)

1. affectation, simulation

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

2. (sports) feint, dummy

• per finta

• fingersi
• finzione

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

finta

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

• 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

• fanti, tanfi

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.tɑ/

finta m

1. tail
2. sequel
3. consequence; result

Weak:

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “finta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

• Hyphenation: fin‧ta

From Latin fincta, variant of Latin ficta (“fake, fictitious”)

finta f (plural fintas)

1. (sports) dribble

   Synonym: drible

2. (sports) feint

From Latin finita (“finished, finite”)

finta f (plural fintas)

1. An extraordinary income tax
2. A church rate or parish tax
3. (Judaism): A yearly synagogue membership tithe

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

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

Borrowed from Italian.

finta f (plural fintas)

1. feint, dummy

Borrowed from Portuguese finta.

finta f (plural fintas)

1. (historical) A tribute or tax which is paid to the state from the produce of each subject's estate.
2. (Judaism) A yearly synagogue membership tithe.

• → English: finta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

finta

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

• “finta”, 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

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)

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

• fint (“a feint”)

• “finta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “finta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “finta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)