huelga

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝elɡa/ [ˈw̝el.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: huel‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from holgar, from Late Latin follicāre (“to blow”), from Latin follis. Compare Portuguese folga (“rest; day off”).

Noun

huelga f (plural huelgas)

1. strike (work stoppage)

   Synonym: paro

Derived terms

• huelga de celo
• huelga de hambre
• huelga general
• juerga
• rompehuelgas

 

Related terms

• follar
• fuelle
• holgar
• holgazán, holgazana

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: welga

Etymology 2

Verb

huelga

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

Further reading

• “huelga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16