granel

Borrowed from Spanish granel, itself a borrowing of Catalan graner.

granel m (uncountable)

1. bulk

• Found only in the fixed expression a granel (“in bulk”).

• “granel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Spanish granel, from Catalan graner (“granary”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: gra‧nel

granel m (plural granéis)

1. granary, barn

   Synonym: celeiro

2. bulk

   Essa loja vende produtos a granel.

   That shops sells products in bulk.

3. (printing) galley
4. (informal) disorder, confusion

   Synonym: desordem

• a granel

• “granel” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “granel” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Catalan graner (“granary”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈnel/ [ɡɾaˈnel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: gra‧nel

granel m (plural graneles)

1. bulk (unpackaged goods)

• This is almost exclusively in the phrase a granel (“in bulk”).

• “granel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014