filloa

Galician

Alternative forms

• filló, filloga, fillós

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

• IPA^(key): [fiˈʎɔɐ]

Noun

filloa f (plural filloas)

1. (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 [elaborated] with sixty eggs, and [you should also give to us] bread and wine as used by our other men in the territory of Oleiros

   Synonym: freixó

Derived terms

• filloeira (“frying pan for cooking filloas”)

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “folloas”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician filloa

Noun

filloa f (plural filloas)

1. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025