encher o fol

encher o fol

Galician

Etymology

Literally, "to fill the bag".

Verb

encher o fol

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to fill the belly, to eat a large meal
   • 1753, Diego Antonio Cernadas y Castro, Adán non pudo pecar:

     Dios à Adan cò o seu poder

     puxo aquela privazon

     de unha Mazan, porque non

     se desmandase en comer:

     ¿Que fixo Adan? Quixo encher

     ò Fol, è a Mazan probar:

     God, with his power,

     put Adam this privation

     of an apple, so an not to

     go astray eating:

     What did Adam do? He wanted to fill

     the belly and taste the apple

References

• “encher o fol” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.