farra

See also: Farra and farrá

Basque

Noun

farra inan

  1. Nonstandard form of barre.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish farra, from Portuguese farra.

Pronunciation

Noun

farra f (plural farres)

  1. (colloquial) fun, spree
    Synonyms: gresca, gatzara, tabola
  2. (colloquial) party
    Synonym: festa

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Portuguese farra and Spanish farra.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfarɐ]

Noun

farra f (plural farras)

  1. party, fun, diversion, spree
    Synonyms: esmorga, festa, folía, foliada, gandaina, ruada, troula, xolda

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “farra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hungarian

Etymology

far + -ra

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒrːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: far‧ra
  • Homophone: falra

Noun

farra

  1. sublative singular of far

Latin

Noun

farra

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of fār

Old Norse

Noun

farra

  1. inflection of farri:
    1. accusative singular/plural
    2. dative/genitive singular
    3. genitive plural

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain origin. Possible origins include:

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ʁɐ/ [ˈfa.hɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ʁɐ/ [ˈfa.χɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ʁa/ [ˈfa.ha]

  • Rhymes: -aʁɐ

Noun

farra f (plural farras)

  1. carousal (noisy feast or social gathering, especially one with alcohol)
    Synonym: esbórnia
  2. spree (uninhibited activity)

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Portuguese farra (party), which could ultimately be from dialectal Arabic فَرْحَة (farḥa, joy), dialectally also "party".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfara/ [ˈfa.ra]
  • (Castilian)
    Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: fa‧rra

Noun

farra f (plural farras)

  1. party, fun
    Synonyms: fiesta, juerga, parranda, marcha, carrete

Further reading

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