aforo

See also: aforó

Portuguese

Verb

aforo

1. first-person singular present indicative of aforar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfoɾo/ [aˈfo.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -oɾo
• Syllabification: a‧fo‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwór-o-

Proto-Italic *θworom

Proto-Italic *fworom

Proto-Italic *forom

Latin forumlbor.

Spanish foro

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish aforardeverb.

Spanish aforo

Deverbal from aforar.

Noun

aforo m (plural aforos)

1. capacity (maximum number of people a public place e.g. cinema, theatre, can hold)

   Synonym: capacidad

2. (chemistry) graduation mark (mark on a container to show the volume held)

   Synonym: capacidad

3. gauging (agent noun of "gauge")

Related terms

• aforar

Etymology 2

Verb

aforo

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

Further reading

• “aforo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025