afores

See also: aforés

Catalan

Etymology

From fora (“outside of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈfɔ.ɾəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈfɔ.ɾes]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

afores m pl (plural only)

1. outskirts

   Synonym: extraradi

Further reading

• “afores”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Latin

Verb

āforēs

1. early second-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of absum

Portuguese

Verb

afores

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of aforar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfoɾes/ [aˈfo.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -oɾes
• Syllabification: a‧fo‧res

Verb

afores

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of aforar (“to gauge, to measure”)