filloa

Galician

A filloa with jam

Filloas

Filloas

Alternative forms

• filló, filloga, fillós

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʎɔa̝/

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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “folloas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “filloa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• filloa on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl