pilhar

Meaning

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

Hyphenated as

pi‧lhar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈʎa(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīliāre, cognate with Late Latin expīlō (“to plunder, to pillage”), Medieval Latin pīlō (“to pillage”), from Latin pīlāre (“to ram down firmly”), from pīla (“column”). Confused with pĭlō (“to depilate, (figuratively) to plunder”). Cognate with Spanish and Catalan pillar, Occitan pilhar, French piller.