fillar

• filhar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese fillar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), perhaps from Latin pilare, present active infinitive of pilō (“I plunder, pillage”).

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʎaɾ/

fillar (first-person singular present fillo, first-person singular preterite fillei, past participle fillado)

1. (archaic) to catch, to grab
2. (archaic) to obtain, to take

From fillo (“son”).

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʎaɾ/

fillar (first-person singular present fillo, first-person singular preterite fillei, past participle fillado)

1. to produce offsprings or shoots

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fillar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fillar”, 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), “fillar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fillar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin pilare, present active infinitive of pilō (“I plunder, pillage”).

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʎaɾ/

fillar

1. to catch a prey
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 352 (facsimile):

     Eſte açor fillaua Garças ⁊ ãades ⁊ Betouros / ⁊ out(ra)s prijões muitas.

     This goshawk caught herons and ducks and bitterns / and many other kids of prey.

2. to obtain

• Galician: fillar
• Portuguese: filhar