# farinha
## English
### Noun

farinha (countable and uncountable, plural farinhas)
* Alternative form of farina

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* farinna, fariña (Galicia)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faˈɾi.ɲa/

### Noun

farinha f (plural farinhas)
* 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
### 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: /faˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [faˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /faˈɾĩ.ɲɐ/ [faˈɾĩ.j̃ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /faˈɾi.ɲa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɐˈɾi.ɲɐ/
* Hyphenation: fa‧ri‧nha
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

farinha f (usually uncountable, plural farinhas)
* (countable or uncountable) flour (ground cereal grains)
** (uncountable) cassava flour, eaten in a meal
    Não quer farinha na sua feijoada? ― Don't you want some flour on your feijoada?
* (colloquial) cocaine
* (Central-West Brazil, Southeast Brazil) tree of Dimorphandra mollis
    Synonym: barbatimão
* (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