folgar

Inherited from Late Latin follicāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fulˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [folˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [folˈɣaɾ]

folgar (first-person singular present folgo, first-person singular preterite folguí, past participle folgat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to have time off

   Synonym: fer festa

2. (intransitive or pronominal) to enjoy oneself

   Synonym: divertir

3. (intransitive) to have sexual intercourse

• “folgar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “folgar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “folgar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese folgar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin follicāre, present active infinitive of follicō (“pant, blow, breathe”), from Latin follis (“bellows”).

• IPA^(key): [folˈɣaɾ]

folgar (first-person singular present folgo, first-person singular preterite folguei, past participle folgado)

1. (intransitive) to have time off
   • 1443, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 423:

     que dían e pagen á dito Sueyro Martís por todos los días soltos que foren de labor quinse mrs da dita moneda et por los dias santos e domingos que él folgar, que non foren de labor, seys mrs da dita moneda, pagos en fyn de cada somana

     they should pay said Sueiro Martís, for every single working day, 15 maravedís; and for the holidays and Sundays that he could have time off, that are nonworking days, 6 maravedís, paid at the end of each week

2. (intransitive) to rest, to relax
3. (intransitive or pronominal) to rejoice, to have fun; to congratulate; to be glad
   • 1820, anonymous author, Segunda tertulia na Quintana:

     Endebén: fólgome que estea alegre agora, pois cando saéu daquí, noas lebaba todas consigo.

     Thank Goodness: I'm glad he's merry now, because when he left, he was not sure about the outcome.

   • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:

     Boas tardes, meu compadre,
     Fólgome moito de acharvos;
     Tempo era que nos vísemos,
     ¿Qué hai de novo por Laraño?
     Gracias a Dios hai saúde
     Pro do demáis non è largo;
     Non podo ter dous reás,
     E decote traballando.

     "Good afternoon, my friend,
     I'm so glad to meet you;
     it was about time for us to meet
     What are the news in Laraño?"
     "Thanks God, there's health
     but for the rest, it is not plentiful;
     I cannot have a pair or reals,
     and I'm working all the time."

4. (intransitive, of land) to be left fallow

• folga

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “folgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “folgar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “folgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “folgar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “folgar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “folgar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “folgar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese folgar, from Late Latin follicāre (“to pant, to blow, to breathe”), from Latin follis (“bellows”). Doublet of folegar.

folgar (first-person singular present folgo, first-person singular preterite folguei, past participle folgado)

1. (intransitive) to have time off
2. (intransitive) to rest, to relax

   Synonym: descansar

3. (intransitive) to rejoice, to have fun

   Synonym: divertir-se

• folga
• folgado

• folegar

• IPA^(key): /folˈɡaɾ/ [folˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fol‧gar

folgar (first-person singular present fuelgo, first-person singular preterite folgué, past participle folgado)

1. Obsolete spelling of holgar.

• “folgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28