farelo

From Vulgar Latin *farellum, from Latin far (“spelt”). Cognate with Portuguese farelo and Asturian fariellu.

• IPA^(key): /faˈɾɛlo̝/

farelo m (plural farelos)

1. bran (the broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain)

   Synonym: relón

• esfarelar
• farelada
• fareleiro
• fareludo

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “farelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “farelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “farelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “farelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *farellum, from Latin far (“spelt”). Cognate with Galician farelo and Asturian fariellu.

• Hyphenation: fa‧re‧lo

farelo m (plural farelos)

1. (uncountable) bran (outside layer of a grain)
2. (uncountable) crumbs (tiny pieces of baked food)
3. an individual piece of crumb

   Synonym: migalha

4. (figuratively) something insignificant

   Synonym: insignificância

• esfarelar

• fareláceo
• farelada
• farelagem
• farelento
• farelório