fancaria

Portuguese

Etymology

From faianca (“crude object”) +‎ -aria, from Arabic فَنْقَة (fanqa, “sack”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.kaˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.kaˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.kaˈɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.kɐˈɾi.ɐ/

Noun

fancaria f (plural fancarias)

1. fabric shop
2. (mass noun) low-quality goods

Derived terms

• de fancaria

Related terms

• faianca
• fanqueiro

Further reading

• “fancaria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fancaria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025