samfaina
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== Catalan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
xamfaina
=== Etymology ===
First attested written in this form in 1890. Inherited from Old Catalan sanfoina, with 19th century interference from the suffix -aina, from Latin symphōnia, originally from Ancient Greek συμφωνία (sumphōnía). Doublet of simfonia and samfoina.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [səmˈfaj.nə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [samˈfaj.na]
=== Noun ===
samfaina f (plural samfaines)
samfaina, a dish made from tomato, bell pepper, onion, garlic, eggplant, zucchini, fried in olive oil with parsley and black pepper
Synonyms: pebrereta, mullador
confusion, mess, mixture of dissimilar things
Synonyms: barreja, desgavell, desori, poti-poti, rebombori
=== Further reading ===
“samfaina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “samfaina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
“samfaina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.