farpa

Galician

Verb

farpa

1. inflection of farpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfah.pɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾ.pɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfaʁ.pɐ/ [ˈfaχ.pɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɻ.pa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfaɾ.pɐ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish farpa.

Noun

farpa f (plural farpas)

1. splinter (long, sharp fragment)
2. (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) taunt, jibe (facetious or insulting remark)
   • 2009, Marcelino Rodriguez, O Tigre De Deus Em Seu Jardim, Clube de Autores, page 46:

     Por que tentar partir? Eres comigo. Sou contigo. Poderei viver sem rezar sobre seu corpo? Ou sem trocarmos as farpas diárias? Ou sem vê-la de certo modo? Meu imenso amor é pouco, se é tudo? Não, não fujas. Creio, infelizmente, que não […]

     Why try to leave? You are with me. I am with you. Will I be able to live without praying over your body? Or without exchanging the daily taunts? Or without seeing you in a certain way? Is my immense love little, if it is everything? No, don’t flee. I believe, unfortunate, that it isn’t […]

   • 2014, Nora Roberts, Entre o Céu e a Terra, Leya, →ISBN:

     Voltara a trocar pequenas farpas com Mia, como se tudo aquilo que acontecera na clareira não fosse nada de especial. Era um escudo inacreditável que ela carregava, pensou Mac. Quase tão impressionante quanto o outro, aquele que o […]

     He had begun exchanging small taunts with Mia, as if everything that had happened in the clearing was nothing special. What she was carrying was an unbelievable shield, thought Mac. Almost as impressive as the other one, the one that […]

Derived terms

• arame farpado
• desenfarpelamento
• desenfarpelar
• enfarpelar
• farpar
• farpela
• farpelar

Related terms

• farpear

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

farpa

1. inflection of farpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “farpa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “farpa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “farpa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “farpa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From obsolete farpar (“scratch, claw, rend”), a borrowing of Old French harper (“grasp forcefully”) from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (“scrape”). Related to Spanish harapo (“rag”).

Noun

farpa f (plural farpas)

1. a sharp point left where cloth has been cut away on the edge of a flag, curtain, etc.; fringe, tail

Further reading

• “farpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025