farelo

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *farellum, from Latin far (“spelt”). Cognate with Portuguese farelo and Asturian fariellu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾɛlo̝/

Noun

farelo m (plural farelos)

1. bran (the broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain)

   Synonym: relón

Derived terms

• esfarelar
• farelada
• fareleiro
• fareludo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “farelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “farelo”, 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), “farelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “farelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *farellum, from Latin far (“spelt”). Cognate with Galician farelo and Asturian fariellu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈɾɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈɾɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈɾɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈɾɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: fa‧re‧lo

Noun

farelo m (plural farelos)

1. (uncountable) bran (outside layer of a grain)
2. (uncountable) crumbs (tiny pieces of baked food)
3. an individual piece of crumb

   Synonym: migalha

4. (figuratively) something insignificant

   Synonym: insignificância

Derived terms

• esfarelar

Related terms

• fareláceo
• farelada
• farelagem
• farelento
• farelório