argallar

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

• IPA^(key): /aɾɣaˈʎaɾ/

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

1. to work unproductively
2. (transitive) to plan; to organize

   Synonym: planear

3. (transitive) to make an arrangement along the way
4. (intransitive) to plan; to ponder; to consider
5. (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.

• argallada
• argallán
• argallante
• argalleiro
• argallo

• 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