pilhar

Portuguese

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.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈʎa(ʁ)/ [piˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /piˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piˈʎa(ʁ)/ [piˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈʎa(ɻ)/

pilhar (first-person singular present pilho, first-person singular preterite pilhei, past participle pilhado)

to pillage (loot or plunder by force)
Synonym: saquear
(Brazil, colloquial) to want to do something, to have intention of doing something, to have energy for
Eu pilho começar um grupo de estudos. ― I want to begin a study group.

Conjugation of pilhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.