# folga
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfol.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfol.ɣa]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from folgar.

#### Noun

folga f (plural folgues)
* joke, pleasantry
    Synonym: broma
* rest from work
* laziness
* act of enjoying oneself
    Synonyms: folgança, diversió

##### Derived terms

* folgós

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

folga
* inflection of folgar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “folga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Back-formation from folgar. Cognate with Portuguese folga and Spanish huelga and juerga

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔlɣɐ]

### Noun

folga m (plural folgas)
* rest
* fallow
* strike, stoppage

### Verb

folga
* inflection of folgar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “folga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “folga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “folga”, 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), “folga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “folga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Old Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German volge (“obedience; assent”). First attested in 1462.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /fɔlʲɡa/
* IPA: (15th CE) /fɔlʲɡa/

### Noun

folga f
* obedience
** 1868 [1462], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎, volume XI, page 483:Ibidem domini iurati et scabini fecerunt et faciunt sequelam registro al. folga, quod superius est notatum in suis punctis[Ibidem domini iurati et scabini fecerunt et faciunt sequelam registro al. folgę, quod superius est notatum in suis punctis]

#### Derived terms

* (impf) folgować

#### Related terms

* folg

#### Descendants

* Polish: folga

### References

* ↑ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “folga”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “folga”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “FOLGA 1”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “folga I”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “folga”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
   * B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “folga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish folga. Sense 3 is reinforced by contamination with folia. Cognate with German Folge and English follow.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔl.ɡa/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈfɔl.ɡa/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈfɔl.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
* Syllabification: fol‧ga

### Noun

folga f
* (uncountable, obsolete, literary or regional fossilized in set phrases) relief (rest from work)
    Synonyms: ulga, wytchnienie
* play, looseness (ability to move of something attached to something else)
* (obsolete, countable, by extension) thin metal tray placed under expensive stones to increase their shine (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    Synonyms: folia, (obsolete) zakładka
* (Middle Polish) anything placed underneath something else as support
* (countable, literary, by extension) lame (thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor)
* (Middle Polish) inattention
    Synonym: niebaczność

#### Derived terms

* dawać folgę impf, dać folgę pf
* (dialectal) folgę dać pf
* folgować impf, pofolgować pf, (dialectal) sfolgować pf

### Interjection

folga
* (Far Masovian) wait! stop!

### References

* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “FOLIA 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

### Further reading

* folga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* folga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “folga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “folga”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “folga”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* “FOLGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 15.09.2008
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “folga”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “folga”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “folga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 757
* M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Folga on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource $^{pl}$
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “folga”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔw.ɡɐ/ [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔw.ɡɐ/ [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔw.ɡa/ [ˈfɔʊ̯.ɡa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔl.ɡɐ/ [ˈfɔɫ.ɣɐ]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from folgar. Compare Spanish huelga (“strike”).

#### Noun

folga f (plural folgas)
* rest, day off (from work)
    Amanhã é meu dia de folga.Tomorrow is my day off.
** 2015, “Dia de folga”, in Jorge Cruz (lyrics), Moura, performed by Ana Moura:É dia de folga! / Folga de ser-se quem se é / E de fazer tudo porque tem que ser / Folga para ao menos uma vez / A vida ser como nos apetecer(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* respite; break (a brief interval of rest or relief)
    O professor não me dá folga!The teacher doesn’t give me a break.
* slack (extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely)
    A corda tem muita folga, precisamos amarrá-la melhor.The rope has too much slack, we need to tie it better.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

folga
* inflection of folgar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative