fedellar

From fedello (“toddler”).

• IPA^(key): /feðeˈʎaɾ/

fedellar (first-person singular present fedello, first-person singular preterite fedellei, past participle fedellado)

1. to meddle; to jumble, bother

   Synonym: enredar

2. to work unproductively on something, because of lack of knowledge or aptitude

   Synonyms: enredar, fochicar, fozar, trebellar

3. to work on something, lacking the required knowledge to do it, with the aim of understanding it

   Synonym: trebellar

• fedello

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fedellar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “fedellar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fedellar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN