farinha

English

Noun

farinha (countable and uncountable, plural farinhas)

1. Alternative form of farina

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• farinna, fariña (Old Galician)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾi.ɲa/

Noun

farinha f (plural farinhas)

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)

Derived terms

• a pagar é a farinha

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "farinha"
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “farinna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “farinha”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fariña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

farinha

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [faˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [faˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faˈɾi.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐˈɾi.ɲɐ/

• Hyphenation: fa‧ri‧nha

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Noun

farinha f (usually uncountable, plural farinhas)

1. (countable or uncountable) flour (ground cereal grains)
   1. (uncountable) cassava flour, eaten in a meal

      Não quer farinha na sua feijoada? ― Don't you want some flour on your feijoada?

2. (colloquial) cocaine
3. (Central-West Brazil, Southeast Brazil) tree of Dimorphandra mollis

   Synonym: barbatimão

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

   Synonym: canafístula

Derived terms

• farinha de mesa
• farinha de pau
• farinha de rosca
• farinha do mesmo saco
• farinha-d’água
• farinha-flor
• farinha-fóssil
• farinha-queimada
• farinha-seca
• farinhada
• farinhar
• farinheira
• farinheiro
• farinhento
• farinhoso
• fazer farinha com alguém
• maria-farinha
• poupar na farinha para gastar no farelo
• tirar farinha
• vender farinha

Related terms

• farináceo

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: forinha
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: fari
• Kristang: farinya
• → Kaingang: farĩnh

Further reading

• “farinha”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “farinha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “farinha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “farinha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025