birlo

• bilro

Perhaps ultimately from Old French bille (“stick”), either from Proto-Celtic *belyom (“tree”) or from Germanic.^[1] Compare Portuguese bilro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾlo/ [ˈbiɾ.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -iɾlo
• Hyphenation: bir‧lo

birlo m (plural birlos)

1. (in the plural, sports) bowling

   Synonyms: bolos, xogo dos bolos

2. (sports) tipcat

   Synonyms: billarda, estornela, lipe, pateiro

3. (bowling) pin
4. (bobbin lace) bobbin

• “birlo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “birlo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “birlo”, 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), “birlo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “birlo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɾlo/ [ˈbiɾ.lo]
• Rhymes: -iɾlo
• Syllabification: bir‧lo

From Vulgar Latin pirulus, from pirum (“pear”).

birlo m (plural birlos)

1. (slang) synonym of ladrón (“thief”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

birlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of birlar

• “birlo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025