pilhar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre, cognate with Late Latin expīlō (“to plunder, to pillage”), Medieval Latin pīlō (“to pillage”), from Latin pīlō (“to ram down firmly”), from pīla (“column”). Confused with pĭlō (“to depilate, (figuratively) to plunder”). Cognate with Spanish and Catalan pillar, Occitan pilhar, French piller.

• Homophone: pilar (Madeira)
• Hyphenation: pi‧lhar

pilhar (first-person singular present pilho, first-person singular preterite pilhei, past participle pilhado)

1. to pillage (loot or plunder by force)

   Synonym: saquear

2. (Brazil, colloquial) to want to do something, to have intention of doing something, to have energy for

   Eu pilho começar um grupo de estudos. ― I want to begin a study group.

3. inflection of pilhar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive