argallar

Galician

From argallo (“trinket, trifle”), probably from Late Latin ergalium, from Ancient Greek ἐργαλεῖον (ergaleîon).

argallar (first-person singular present argallo, first-person singular preterite argallei, past participle argallado)

to work unproductively
(transitive) to plan; to organize
Synonym: planear
(transitive) to make an arrangement along the way
(intransitive) to plan; to ponder; to consider
(transitive) to do something quietly or secretively
Synonym: enredar

Canto silencio! Que andarán a argallar os nenos?
It's so quiet! What are the children doing?

This verb has usually a negative tone added to the main meaning.

Conjugation of argallar

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “argallar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “argallar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “argallar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN