henchir

Etymology
, from, from. According to Coromines & Pascual, the initial f- in Old Spanish was likely due to phonetic and semantic similarities with > modern. In dwindling use by the 16th century, henchir was increasingly limited to idioms, and they mention that Juan de Valdés complained about needing to use the verb in such expressions due to an easy confusion with hinchar, giving as an example De servidores leales se hinchen los ospitales, meaning 'the guesthouses are filled with loyal servants' (with henchir), but ambiguously also the nonsensical 'the guesthouses should be air-filled using loyal servants' (with hinchar).

Verb

 * 1)  to swell, to fill something
 * 2)  to fill (a job position)