enfilar

enfilar (first-person singular indicative present enfilo, past participle enfiláu)

1. to thread (a needle)
2. to line up
3. to get drunk, intoxicate
4. to go around, travel around

By surface analysis, en- +‎ fil +‎ -ar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɱ.fiˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱ.fiˈlaɾ]

enfilar (first-person singular present enfilo, first-person singular preterite enfilí, past participle enfilat)

1. (transitive) to thread (a needle)
2. (transitive) to string (pearls, beads, etc.)
3. (intransitive) to go straight down (a path)
4. (reflexive) to climb

   Synonyms: escalar, pujar

• enfilació
• enfiladís
• enfilador

• “enfilar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “enfilar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “enfilar”, 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

• IPA^(key): /enfiˈlaɾ/ [ẽɱ.fiˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧fi‧lar

enfilar (first-person singular present enfilo, first-person singular preterite enfilé, past participle enfilado)

1. (transitive) to line up
2. (transitive) to thread (a needle)
3. (transitive) to string (pearls, beads, etc.)

   Synonym: ensartar

4. (transitive) to pull on (quickly put on [clothing])
5. (transitive) to lead; to shape; to direct (someone, a path, someone's future etc.)
6. (intransitive) to go straight down (a path)
7. (intransitive) to head for

   Synonym: dirigirse a

• “enfilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024