enfiar

Galician

Attested since the 13th century. From en +‎ fío (“thread”) +‎ -ar.

enfiar (first-person singular present enfío, first-person singular preterite enfiei, past participle enfiado)

(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 of enfiar

“enfiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“enfi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“enfiar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“enfiar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“enfiar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From en- +‎ fio (“thread”) +‎ -ar, from Old Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fɪˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈfja(ʁ)/ [ẽˈfja(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fɪˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfja(ʁ)/ [ĩˈfja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈfja(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.fɪˈa(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈfja(ʁ)/ [ẽˈfja(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fɪˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfja(ʁ)/ [ĩˈfja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈfja(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈfja(ɻ)/

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 of enfiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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