folga

See also: folgą

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfol.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfol.ɣa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from folgar.

Noun

folga f (plural folgues)

1. joke, pleasantry

   Synonym: broma

2. rest from work
3. laziness
4. act of enjoying oneself

   Synonyms: folgança, diversió

Derived terms

• folgós

Etymology 2

Verb

folga

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

Further reading

• “folga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Back-formation from folgar. Cognate with Portuguese folga and Spanish huelga and juerga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔlɣɐ]

Noun

folga m (plural folgas)

1. rest
2. fallow
3. strike, stoppage

Verb

folga

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

References

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

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German volge (“obedience; assent”). First attested in 1462.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /fɔlʲɡa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /fɔlʲɡa/

Noun

folga f

1. obedience
   • 1868 [1462], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎^[1], volume XI, page 483:

     Ibidem domini iurati et scabini fecerunt et faciunt sequelam registro al. folga, quod superius est notatum in suis punctis

     [Ibidem domini iurati et scabini fecerunt et faciunt sequelam registro al. folgę, quod superius est notatum in suis punctis]

Derived terms

verb

• (impf) folgować

 

Related terms

noun

• folg

 

Descendants

• Polish: folga

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “folga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish folga. Sense 3 is reinforced by contamination with folia. Cognate with German Folge and English follow.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.ɡa/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.ɡa/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
• Syllabification: fol‧ga

Noun

folga f

1. (uncountable, obsolete, literary or regional fossilized in set phrases) relief (rest from work)

   Synonyms: ulga, wytchnienie

2. play, looseness (ability to move of something attached to something else)
4. (obsolete, countable, by extension) thin metal tray placed under expensive stones to increase their shine (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

   Synonyms: folia, (obsolete) zakładka

5. (Middle Polish) anything placed underneath something else as support
6. (countable, literary, by extension) lame (thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor)
7. (Middle Polish) inattention

   Synonym: niebaczność

Declension

Declension of folga

	singular	plural
nominative	folga	folgi
genitive	folgi	folg
dative	foldze	folgom
accusative	folgę	folgi
instrumental	folgą	folgami
locative	foldze	folgach
vocative	folgo	folgi

Derived terms

verbs

• dawać folgę impf, dać folgę pf
• folgować impf, pofolgować pf

 

Further reading

• folga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• folga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “folga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “folga”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “folga”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “FOLGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 15.09.2008
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “folga”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[2]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “folga”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[3]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “folga”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 757
• M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Folga on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔw.ɡɐ/ [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔw.ɡɐ/ [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔw.ɡa/ [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.ɡɐ/ [ˈfɔɫ.ɣɐ]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from folgar. Compare Spanish huelga (“strike”).

Noun

folga f (plural folgas)

1. rest, day off (from work)

   Amanhã é meu dia de folga.

   Tomorrow is my day off.

   • 2015, “Dia de folga”, in Jorge Cruz (lyrics), Moura, performed by Ana Moura:

     É dia de folga! / Folga de ser-se quem se é / E de fazer tudo porque tem que ser / Folga para ao menos uma vez / A vida ser como nos apetecer

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. respite; break (a brief interval of rest or relief)

   O professor não me dá folga!

   The teacher doesn’t give me a break.

3. slack (extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely)

   A corda tem muita folga, precisamos amarrá-la melhor.

   The rope has too much slack, we need to tie it better.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

folga

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