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

• “farelo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “farelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “farelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “farelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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