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fique
fique
See also: fiqué
English
Noun
fique
- A natural fiber, similar to hemp, obtained from the leaves of the plant Furcraea andina and certain other plants of the genus genus.
- The fique plant is often confused with agave.
Portuguese
Verb
fique
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of ficar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of ficar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of ficar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of ficar
Spanish
Noun
fique m (plural fiques)
- fique, the fiber of the fique plant, Furcraea andina (fique is often confused with agave)
- 2004, Gabriel García Márquez, Memoria de mis putas tristes:
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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.
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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.
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Verb
fique