farinha

farinha (countable and uncountable, plural farinhas)

1. Alternative form of farina

• farinna, fariña (Galicia)

Inherited from Latin farīna (“flour”), from far (“spelt”). Compare Old Spanish farina.

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾi.ɲa/

farinha f

1. flour (ground cereal grains)
   • E juro par Deus-lo santo que manto non tragerei nen granhon, nen terrei d’amor razon nen d’armas porque quebranto e chanto ven delas toda sazon; mais tragerei ũu dormon e irei pela marinha vendend’azeite e farinha, e fugirei do poçon do alacran, ca eu non lhi sei outra meezinha.

     And I swear by holy God that I will not bring a mantle or leave a beard, nor will I speak about love or about weapons, because from them always break and cry; but I'll bring a galleon and go through the sea selling oil and flour, and I'll run away from the scorpion's nipple, because I don't know anything else.

     (Non me posso pagar tanto, Afonso X)

• a pagar é a farinha

• Fala: fariña
• Galician: fariña, faría
• Portuguese: farinha (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "farinha"
• “farinna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “farinha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fariña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese farinha, from Latin farīna (“flour”), from far (“spelt”). Compare Galician, Fala, and Asturian fariña and Spanish harina.

• Hyphenation: fa‧ri‧nha

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farinha f (usually uncountable, plural farinhas)

1. flour (ground cereal grains)
2. (colloquial) cocaine
3. (Central-West Brazil, Southeast Brazil) tree of Dimorphandra mollis

   Synonym: barbatimão

4. (Pernambuco) copperpod (tree of Peltophorum dubium)

   Synonym: canafístula

• “farinha” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “farinha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “farinha” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “farinha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.