faiar

From faia (“beech”), from Latin fagus (“beech”).

• IPA^(key): /faˈjaɾ/

faiar (first-person singular present faio, first-person singular preterite faiei, past participle faiado)

1. to tile with boards

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “faiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From faia (“leading, space between lines”) +‎ -ar.

faiar (first-person singular present faio, first-person singular preterite faiei, past participle faiado)

1. (transitive, printing, rare) to lead (to place leads between lines of print to increase their spacing)

   Synonym: entrelinhar

• faia

• “faiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “faiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

From faia (“hooligan, ruffian”) +‎ -ar.

faiar (first-person singular present faio, first-person singular preterite faiei, past participle faiado)

1. (transitive, slang) to steal, to rob
2. (intransitive) to live the life of a fadista

   Synonym: fadistar

• “faiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “faiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024