fariña

See also: farina, fariñes, and fãrinã

Asturian

Alternative forms

• farina (Western Asturias)
• ḥarina (Llanes, Cabrales)
• ḥariña (Eastern Asturias)

Etymology

From Latin farīna (“flour, meal”), from far (“kind of grain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾiɲa/, [faˈɾi.ɲa]

Noun

fariña f (uncountable)

1. flour

Related terms

• fariñentu
• fariñosu

Fala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese farinha, from Latin farīna. Cognate with Portuguese farinha, Galician and Asturian fariña, Spanish harina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾiɲa/
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Syllabification: fa‧ri‧ña

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

1. flour

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Fariña

Alternative forms

• faría (Galician-Asturian)
• farinha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese farinna, farinha, from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). Cognate with Portuguese farinha, Fala and Asturian fariña, Spanish harina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾiɲa/ [faˈɾi.ɲɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Hyphenation: fa‧ri‧ña

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

1. flour

   Uns bolos tan grandes como un pan de mesto, que eran de fariña de trigo escolleito.

   Some cakes as big as a bread of mesto, which were made of selected wheat flour.

2. (informal, slang) blow, snow (cocaine)

   Synonyms: coca, cocaína

Related terms

• farináceo
• fariña centea (“rye flour”)
• fariña milla (“cornmeal”)
• fariña triga (“wheat flour”)
• fariñento

References

• 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) “fariña”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “fariña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fariña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fariña”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Sense 2 seems to be a borrowing from Portuguese farinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾiɲa/ [faˈɾi.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -iɲa
• Syllabification: fa‧ri‧ña

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

1. Obsolete form of harina.
2. (South America) a type of thick mandioca flour

Further reading

• “fariña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014