afillar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.fiˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.fiˈʎaɾ]

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afillar (first-person singular present afillo, first-person singular preterite afillí, past participle afillat)

1. (transitive) to adopt (a child)

• “afillar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “afillar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “afillar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afillar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• afilhar (reintegrationist)

From Late Latin adfīliāre, affīliāre (“to adopt as a son”), from Latin ad + fīlius (“son”). Compare Portuguese afilhar, Spanish ahijar, Catalan afillar, French affilier.

• IPA^(key): [afiˈʎaɾ]

afillar (first-person singular present afillo, first-person singular preterite afillei, past participle afillado)

1. (transitive) to adopt or foster (children)
2. (transitive) to affiliate

• afillado

• fillo

From a- +‎ fillo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [afiˈʎaɾ]

afillar (first-person singular present afillo, first-person singular preterite afillei, past participle afillado)

1. (intransitive) to produce offsprings or sprouts

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “afillad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “afillar”, 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), “afillar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “afillar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN