encher o fol

Galician

Etymology

Literally, “to fill the bag”.

Verb

encher o fol (first-person singular present encho o fol, first-person singular preterite enchín o fol, past participle enchido 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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “encher o fol”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega