farelo
Portuguese, noun/faˈɾɛ.lu/
farelo is spelled F-A-R-E-L-O (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Farelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bran (outside layer of a grain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “resíduos que sobram depois de a farinha ser peneirada”.
What does farelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebran (outside layer of a grain)
- 2
masculinecrumbs (tiny pieces of baked food)
- 3
masculinean individual piece of crumb
- 4
masculinesomething insignificant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. resíduos que sobram depois de a farinha ser peneirada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of farelo
- farelos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce farelo?
- Brazil /faˈɾɛ.lu/
- Portugal /fɐˈɾɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to farelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is farelo in Portuguese?
farelo appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).