afrecho

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin affractum (“broken”), from affrango < frango.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈfɾet͡ʃo/ [aˈfɾe.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -etʃo
  • Syllabification: a‧fre‧cho

Noun

afrecho m (plural afrechos)

  1. bran (outside layer of a grain)
    Synonym: salvado
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 18:
      El que estornuda cuando se echa al fuego un puñado de afrecho [es un Brujo].
      He who sneezes when a handful of bran is thrown into the fire [is a Witch]

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