folla

See also: follá and follà

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoʎa/ [ˈfo.ʎa]
• Rhymes: -oʎa
• Syllabification: fo‧lla

Noun

folla f (uncountable)

1. mud

   Synonym: llamuerga

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “folla”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “folla”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfo.ʎa]

Etymology 1

Adjective

folla

1. feminine singular of foll

Etymology 2

Verb

folla

1. inflection of follar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Alternative forms

• folha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese folla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium. Cognate with Portuguese folha, Asturian fueya, Spanish hoja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɟa/ [ˈfo.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɟa
• Hyphenation: fo‧lla

Noun

folla f (plural follas)

1. leaf (of a plant)
2. leaf; sheet
   • 1388, M. A. Comesaña Martínez (1995), tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:

     en estas duas follas de pulgamedio

     on these two sheets of parchment

3. each one of the parts or turns in which a terrain is divided for it to go fallow
   • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     Estas duas follas que de aqui faleçen tirey eu Rui Matines, notario, deste libro por quanto os escrivãaos de miña notaria lançaron ende algũas escripturas que non devian ser aqui asentadas

     These two leaves that are lacking here were removed from this book by me Roi Martínez, notary, because the scribes of my office put there some scriptures which shouldn't be recorded here

Derived terms

• afollar
• esfollar
• folla do ar
• follado

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “folla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “folla”, 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), “folla”, 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), “folla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “folla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN