folla

See also: follá, and follà

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

folla f (uncountable)

1. mud

   Synonym: llamuerga

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

follas ("leaves")

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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “folla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “folla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “folla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from follare +‎ -a.

Noun

folla f (plural folle)

1. crowd; mob
2. multitude, host

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

folla

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

Anagrams

• fallo, fallò

Maltese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.la/

Noun

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

Alternative forms

• folha

Etymology

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

Noun

folla f (plural follas)

1. leaf
2. sheet of paper

Descendants

• Galician: folla
• Portuguese: folha

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “folla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “folla”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Old High German

Etymology

From the adjective foll.

Noun

folla f

1. completeness

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoʝa/ [ˈfo.ʝa]

• 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]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝa

• Rhymes: -oʝa
• Rhymes: -oʎa
• Rhymes: -oʃa
• Rhymes: -oʒa

• Syllabification: fo‧lla

Etymology 1

Deverbal from follar.

Noun

folla f (plural follas)

1. mishmash; hodgepodge

Etymology 2

Verb

folla

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

Further reading

• “folla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28