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folla

See also: follá and follà

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoʎa/, [ˈfo.ʎa]
  • Hyphenation: fo‧lla

Noun

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folla f (uncountable)

  1. mud
    Synonym: llamuerga

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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folla

  1. feminine singular of foll

Etymology 2

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Verb

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folla

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

Galician

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follas ("leaves")

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔl.la/, (traditional) /ˈfol.la/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔlla, (traditional) -olla
  • Hyphenation: fòl‧la, (traditional) fól‧la

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from follare +‎ -a.

Noun

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folla f (plural folle)

  1. crowd; mob
  2. multitude, host

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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folla

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

References

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  1. ^ folla in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian folla and/or an older variant of Sicilian fudda, both derived from Latin fullare (“to bump, trample”), perhaps influenced by Proto-Germanic *fulką (“folk”). Compare French foule.

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Noun

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folla f (plural folol)

  1. crowd
    Synonyms: ġliba, kotra
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Late Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Doublet of folloa.

    Noun

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    folla f (plural follas)

    1. leaf
    2. sheet of paper

    Descendants

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    • Galician: folla
    • Portuguese: folha

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    Old High German

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    Etymology

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    From the adjective foll.

    Noun

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    folla f

    1. completeness

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈfoʝa/ [ˈfo.ʝa]
    • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈfoʎa/ [ˈfo.ʎa]
    • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈfoʃa/ [ˈfo.ʃa]
    • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈfoʒa/ [ˈfo.ʒa]

     

    • Syllabification: fo‧lla

    Etymology 1

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    Deverbal from follar.

    Noun

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    folla f (plural follas)

    1. mishmash; hodgepodge

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    Verb

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    folla

    1. inflection of follar (“to fuck”):
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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