enfiar

Attested since the 13th century. From en +‎ fío (“thread”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eɱfiˈaɾ]

enfiar (first-person singular present enfío, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado)
enfiar (first-person singular present enfio, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to thread (to put thread through an orifice, especially a pinhole)

   Synonym: enliñar

2. (transitive) to string (pearls, beads, etc.)

   Synonym: ensartar

3. (intransitive) to go straight down (a path)
4. (intransitive) to head for

• “enfiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “enfi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “enfiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “enfiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “enfiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From en- +‎ fio (“thread”) +‎ -ar, from Old Galician-Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

enfiar (first-person singular present enfio, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado)

1. to thread (to put thread through an orifice, especially a pinhole)
2. to stick (to place)

   Synonyms: meter, colocar

   Antonyms: tirar, retirar, remover, extrair