afillar

Catalan

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Verb

afillar (first-person singular present afillo, first-person singular preterite afillí, past participle afillat)

1. (transitive) to adopt (a child)

Conjugation

Related terms

• fill

Further reading

• “afillar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “afillar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “afillar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afillar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• afilhar (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

From Late Latin adfīliāre, affīliāre (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + fīlius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, Spanish ahijar, Catalan afillar, French affilier.

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Verb

afillar (first-person singular present afillo, first-person singular preterite afillei, past participle afillado)

1. (transitive) to adopt or foster (children)
2. (transitive) to affiliate

Conjugation

Derived terms

• afillado

Related terms

• fillo

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ fillo +‎ -ar.

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Verb

afillar (first-person singular present afillo, first-person singular preterite afillei, past participle afillado)

1. (intransitive) to produce offsprings or sprouts

Conjugation

References

• “afillad” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “afillar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “afillar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “afillar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.