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farinha.

flour (ground cereal grains)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/faˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/Brazil[faˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]Brazil/fɐˈɾi.ɲɐ/Portugal

  1. flour (ground cereal grains)

    countable · feminine · uncountable · usually

  2. flour (ground cereal grains) cassava flour, eaten in a meal

    feminine · uncountable · usually
    Não quer farinha na sua feijoada?

  3. cocaine

    colloquial · feminine · uncountable · usually

  4. tree of Dimorphandra mollis

    feminine · uncountable · usually

  5. copperpod (tree of Peltophorum dubium)

    feminine · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

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

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