farrago

[Sara Strong]

Can anyone help? I need to define the word "Farrago."

(I expect it to mean mixture or hodgepodge -- something along those lines.)

This is needed (ASAP) for a writing project. Must varify the meaning but cannot find the word so far in printed sources. Could it be slang? Or regional dialect?

Many thanks.

 

[Alfry]

Can anyone help? I need to define the word "Farrago."

(I expect it to mean mixture or hodgepodge -- something along those lines.)

This is needed (ASAP) for a writing project. Must varify the meaning but cannot find the word so far in printed sources. Could it be slang? Or regional dialect?

Many thanks.

Ciao,
You should provide more context to allow us to understand.
As it is I can only say that it is not an Italian word.

It could be farragine and in that case the meaning is medley, hotchpotch, jumble

 

[Lakeview]

Can anyone help? I need to define the word "Farrago."

(I expect it to mean mixture or hodgepodge -- something along those lines.)

This is needed (ASAP) for a writing project. Must varify the meaning but cannot find the word so far in printed sources. Could it be slang? Or regional dialect?

Many thanks.

Webster's dictionary online:

Main Entry: far·ra·go
Pronunciation: f&-'rä-(")gO, -'rA-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -goes

"a confused mixture; hodgepodge. Latin farragin-, farrago mixed fodder, mixture, from far spelt."

So what you expected was right , although it seems to have come directly from Latin. As alfry has noted, Italian is not far behind.

 

[Silvia]

Hi Sara Strong,

welcome to the WR Forums

As you've been told, it's Latin, so I'm moving this to the Other Languages Forum!

 

[araceli]

Can anyone help? I need to define the word "Farrago."

(I expect it to mean mixture or hodgepodge -- something along those lines.)

This is needed (ASAP) for a writing project. Must varify the meaning but cannot find the word so far in printed sources. Could it be slang? Or regional dialect?

Many thanks.

Hello:
Fárrago is a Spanish word, look at this:

fárrago.
(Del lat. farrago).
1. m. Conjunto de cosas o ideas desordenadas, inconexas o superfluas.


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It's not slang neither dialect, it's a proper Spanish word

Regards.

 

[Lakeview]

It's not slang neither dialect, it's a proper Spanish word

Regards.

Araceli: "It's neither slang nor dialect, it's a proper Spanish word."

 

[araceli]

Thanks Lakeview.