verb/olˈɡaɾ/
to rest (after labor), be idle
Related: holgura, huelga, huelga decir
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-der. Latin follis Latin -ic- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -icō Late Latin follicāre Old Spanish folgar Spanish holgar Inherited from Old Spanish folgar, from Late Latin follicāre (“to pant, blow, breathe”), from Latin follis (“bellows”) whence English fool and folly.