# follar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin fullāre (“to beat, to full”), according to the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, or from a derivative of fullō,; or from Latin follis (“bellows”), according to the Real Academia Española.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [fuˈʎa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [foˈʎa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [foˈʎaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

follar (first-person singular present follo, first-person singular preterite follí, past participle follat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (intransitive, vulgar) to fuck
* (transitive) to tread grapes to make wine
    Synonym: trepitjar

#### Synonyms

* (to fuck):
Vulgar:
* cardar
* fotre
* fer un clau
* fotre un clau
* tirar-se (transitive)
Euphemisms:
* jaure/jeure (obsolete)
* fúmer/fumbre
Archaism:
* posseir (transitive)

### Further reading

* “follar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foˈʝaɾ/ [foˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /foˈʝaɾ/ [foˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /foˈʎaɾ/ [foˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /foˈʃaɾ/ [foˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /foˈʒaɾ/ [foˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fo‧llar

### Etymology 1

Probably from Latin follis (“bellows”) (whence English folly and fool), according to the Real Academia Española, among others.

#### Verb

follar (first-person singular present follo, first-person singular preterite follé, past participle follado)
* (vulgar, Spain, also reflexive) to fuck, to screw, to shag
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### Derived terms

* follador
* folladora
* o follamos todos, o la puta al río
* que te folle un pez
* que te follen

##### Related terms

* follón
* fuelle
* holgar
* holgazán
* huelga
* melafo

### Etymology 2

From Latin follis (“bellows”); compare fuelle.

#### Verb

follar (first-person singular present fuello, first-person singular preterite follé, past participle follado)
* to blow with a bellows
    Synonym: soplar
* (pronominal) to fart noiselessly

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Etymology 3

From Latin folium (“leaf”).

#### Verb

follar (first-person singular present follo, first-person singular preterite follé, past participle follado)
* to compose (something) in sheets

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fullāre (“to trample”), from Latin fullō (“fuller”). More at full.

#### Verb

follar (first-person singular present follo, first-person singular preterite follé, past participle follado)
* (obsolete) to trample
    Synonym: hollar
* (obsolete) to cut down, to destroy

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “follar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10