filloa

• filló, filloga, fillós

Attested since the 13th century (folloa). From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *foliola, diminutive of Latin folium (“leaf”). Cognate with Portuguese filhó and Spanish hojuela.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈʎɔa̝/

filloa f (plural filloas)

1. (cooking) A traditional and popular Shrovetide treat prepared with eggs, flour, and either milk or broth, cooked over a frying pan greased with pork fat, or over a flat hot stone. Similar to a crêpe.
   • 1398, Miguel Romaní (ed.). La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 470:

     huna escudela de foloas de seseenta ovos et pan et vino con elas commo husan os outros nosos homes do couto de Olleiros.

     a tray of crepes [elaborated] with sixty eggs, and [you should also give to us] bread and wine as used by our other men in the territory of Oleiros

   Synonym: freixó

• filloeira (“frying pan for cooking filloas”)

• “folloas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “filloa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “filloa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “filloa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• filloa on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl