fuelga

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • ḥuelga (Eastern Asturias)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfwelɡa/ [ˈfwel.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -elɡa
  • Syllabification: fuel‧ga
    • IPA(key): [ˈhwel.ɣ̞a]

Etymology 1

From folgar, from Late Latin follicāre, from Latin follis. Compare Spanish huelga and its borrowed term güelga.

Noun

fuelga f (plural fuelgues)

  1. leisure, free time
    Synonyms: vagar, tarda, vacantín, avagu
  2. strike
    Synonym: güelga

Etymology 2

Possibly from Early Medieval Latin fulcus, from Proto-West Germanic *folk.

Noun

fuelga f (plural fuelgues)

  1. gathering place (place where people gather)

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “fuelga”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “fuelga”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

fuelga

  1. inflection of folgar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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