pillabán

Perhaps from pillar (“to catch”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /piʎaˈβaŋ/

pillabán m (plural pillabáns, feminine pillabana, feminine plural pillabanas)

1. a rogue, a rascal, a trickster, a scoundrel

   Synonyms: moinante, truán, tunante, tuno

pillabán (feminine pillabana, masculine plural pillabáns, feminine plural pillabanas)

1. cheeky; shrewd

   Synonyms: pícaro, raposeiro

2. sly

   Synonym: arteiro

• pillar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pillabán”, 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), “pillabán”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pillabán”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN