folar

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See also: FoLAR

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese folar.

Noun

folar (uncountable)

  1. A traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter.
    • 2009 April 8, David Leite, “Newark’s Portuguese Community Keeps Fires of Tradition Burning”, in New York Times:
      Mr. Alexandre is no stranger to the kitchen, as he’s proud to announce, having won several contests at the social club for his folar, a traditional Easter bread that in Trás-os-Montes is stuffed with cured meat.

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Icelandic

Noun

folar

  1. indefinite nominative plural of foli

Ladino

Etymology

From Portuguese folar.

Noun

folar (Latin spelling)

  1. (cooking) folar (traditional bread served at Purim). It is a pastry made from a sweet yeast dough formed around a hard-boiled egg with the shell on for the eater to peel and eat with the sweet bread.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

folar m

  1. indefinite plural of fole

Portuguese

folar de Chaves

Etymology

From fole +‎ -ar, ultimately from Latin follis.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: fo‧lar

Noun

folar m (plural folares)

  1. (cooking) folar (traditional Portuguese bread served at Passover and Easter)

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