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]

Further reading

• “afrecho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10