filloa

Galician

Alternative forms

  • filló, filloga, fillós

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese folloa (attested since the 13th century in Galician documents), from Vulgar Latin *foliola, diminutive of Latin folium (leaf). Cognate with Portuguese filhó and Spanish hojuela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fiˈʎɔɐ]

Noun

filloa f (plural filloas)

  1. (cooking) a traditional and popular Shrovetide treat prepared with eggs, flour, and either milk or broth, cooked over a frying pan greased with pork fat, or over a flat hot stone. Similar to a crêpe
    • 1398, Miguel Romaní (ed.). La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 470:
      huna escudela de foloas de seseenta ovos et pan et vino con elas commo husan os outros nosos homes do couto de Olleiros.
      a tray of crepes [elaborated] with sixty eggs, and [you should also give to us] bread and wine as used by our other men in the territory of Oleiros
    Synonym: freixó

Derived terms

  • filloeira (frying pan for cooking filloas)

References

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

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

filloa f (plural filloas)

  1. (Galicia, Asturias) a traditional and popular Shrovetide treat prepared with eggs, flour, and either milk or broth, cooked over a frying pan greased with pork fat, or over a flat hot stone; similar to a crêpe

Further reading

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