afalar

afalar

1. to steer, guide (animals)
2. to encourage

• falar

Unclear. Either from falar (“to speak”), which in general is an intransitive verb; or from Old French affaler (“to pull down”), from Old Dutch afhalen (“to pick up”),^[1] from Proto-Germanic *halōną (“to fetch”).

• IPA^(key): /afaˈlaɾ/

afalar (first-person singular present afalo, first-person singular preterite afalei, past participle afalado)

1. (transitive) to goad; to steer, guide (the cattle or other animals)

   Synonyms: aguillar, tanguer

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “afalar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “afalar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “afalar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “afalar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN