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farofa.

food made from manioc flour cooked in fat

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/faˈɾɔ.fɐ/Brazil/fɐˈɾɔ.fɐ/Portugal
  1. food made from manioc flour cooked in fat

    feminine
  2. brag; boast

    feminine · figuratively
  3. a catchy party song

    Brazil · feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. * Possibly an African borrowing; see Kimbundu falofa, referencing a meal made with flour, oil, water, and peanuts. However some sources argue that the Kimbundu term may have been borrowed from Portuguese instead. * Perhaps from Latin far (“a type of hulled wheat”) + offa (“chunk; dumpling”).

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