filloa
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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese folloa (attested since the 13th century in Galician documents), from Vulgar Latin *foliola, diminutive of Latin folium (“leaf”). Cognate with Portuguese filhó and Spanish hojuela.
Pronunciation
Noun
filloa f (plural filloas)
- (cooking) a traditional and popular Shrovetide treat prepared with eggs, flour, and either milk or broth, cooked over a frying pan greased with pork fat, or over a flat hot stone. Similar to a crêpe
- 1398, Miguel Romaní (ed.). La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 470:
- huna escudela de foloas de seseenta ovos et pan et vino con elas commo husan os outros nosos homes do couto de Olleiros.
- a tray of crepes with sixty eggs, and bread and wine as used by our other men in the territory of Oleiros
- Synonym: freixó
- 1398, Miguel Romaní (ed.). La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 470:
Derived terms
- filloeira (“frying pan for cooking filloas”)
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “folloas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “filloa”, 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), “filloa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “filloa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
filloa on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
Spanish
Noun
filloa f (plural filloas)
- (Galicia, Asturias) a traditional and popular Shrovetide treat prepared with eggs, flour, and either milk or broth, cooked over a frying pan greased with pork fat, or over a flat hot stone; similar to a crêpe
Further reading
- “filloa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014