fechar
verb
1. to date
put a date on something
Common combinations
- fechar una carta — date a letter
- fechar un documento — date a document
- fechar una solicitud — date an application
- Hay que fechar la carta antes de enviarla.The letter must be dated before it is sent.
- El secretario fechó el documento.The secretary dated the document.
- No olvides fechar la solicitud.Don't forget to date the application.
2. to date, date back
determine when something happened or was made
Common combinations
- fechar una pintura — date a painting
- fechar unos restos — date remains
- fechar un edificio — date a building
- Los expertos fecharon la pintura en el siglo XVI.The experts dated the painting to the sixteenth century.
- La prueba permite fechar los restos.The test makes it possible to date the remains.
- Es difícil fechar este edificio.It is difficult to date this building.