pilha

Meaning

pilhar

  1. to pillage (loot or plunder by force)
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) to want to do something, to have intention of doing something, to have energy for
  3. (Brazil, colloquial) to become angry

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpi.ʎɐ/
Etymology

From Latin pīla. Sense 4 is a semantic loan from French pile, which was in turn transfered to sense 2.

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