enfiar

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since the 13th century. From en +‎ fío (“thread”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [eɱfiˈaɾ] === Verb === enfiar (first-person singular present enfío, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado) enfiar (first-person singular present enfio, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado, reintegrationist norm) (transitive) to thread (to put thread through an orifice, especially a pinhole) Synonym: enliñar (transitive) to string (pearls, beads, etc.) Synonym: ensartar (intransitive) to go straight down (a path) (intransitive) to head for ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “enfiar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “enfiar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enfiar”, 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), “enfiar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enfiar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ fio (“thread”) +‎ -ar, from Old Galician-Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum (“thread”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === enfiar (first-person singular present enfio, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado) to thread (to put thread through an orifice, especially a pinhole) to stick (to place) Synonyms: meter, colocar Antonyms: tirar, retirar, remover, extrair ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “enfiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “enfiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026