fique

Borrowed from Spanish fique.

fique (uncountable)

1. A natural fiber, similar to hemp, obtained from the leaves of the plant Furcraea andina and certain other plants of the genus Furcraea.

• The fique plant is often confused with agave.

• IPA^(key): /βike/

fique

1. alternative form of bique

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
• Quesada Pacheco, Miguel Ángel. 1991. El vocabulario mosco de 1612. En estudios de Lingüística Chibcha. Programa de investigación del departamento de lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica. Serie Anual Tomo X San José (Costa Rica). Universidad de Costa Rica.

fique

1. inflection of ficar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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fique

1. inflection of ficar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈfike/ [ˈfi.ke]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: fi‧que

fique m (plural fiques)

1. fique, fiber of a fique plant of genus Furcraea (fique is often confused with agave)
   • 2004, Gabriel García Márquez, Memoria de mis putas tristes:

     A las once fui a mis trámites de rutina en el baño, donde estaba su ropa de pobre doblada sobre una silla con un esmero de rica: un traje de etamina con mariposas estampadas, un calzón amarillo de malapodán^[sic] y unas sandalias de fique.

     At eleven o'clock I went to do my morning routine in the bathroom, where her poor clothes were folded on a chair with great care: a dress of etamina with stamped butterflies, yellow madapolam underwear and some fique sandals.

fique

1. inflection of ficar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “fique”, 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