fanfaluca

Meaning

1. (feminine) bubble
2. (feminine) nonsense, idle chatter
3. (feminine) whim, fancy
4. (archaic, feminine) fragment of cinder rising from something that burns

Concepts

fable

idle talk

prate

prattle

technicality

trifle

triviality

blether

chin music

Synonyms

inezia

miseria

chiacchiera

ciancia

fesseria

minuzia

nonnulla

quisquilia

cicalata

pochissimo

bricia

chicacchiera

Translations

disparate

hilaza

🧵

cuento

patraña

futilitat

xerrola

petitesa

ασημαντότητα

fotesa

μηδαμινότητα

bavarder

histoire

lubie

baliverne

enraonadissa

Etymology

Late Latin famfalūca, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “air bubble”). Cf. Old French fanfalue (“trifle”), French fanfreluche (“frill”).