forrar

Galician

Etymology

Circa 1370. From Old French forrer (“to furnish”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare English fodder), from *fōdô (“food”), from Proto-Indo-European *pat- (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈraɾ/

Verb

forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)

1. (transitive) to line, to insert a lining
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:

     Et era forrado en pẽna armjña

     And it was lined in ermine fur

2. (transitive) to cover, to put a cover on
3. (transitive) to put a wedge under a wheel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of forrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	forrar
Personal	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forraren
Gerund
	forrando
Past participle
Masculine	forrado			forrados
Feminine	forrada			forradas
Indicative
Present	forro	forras	forra	forramos	forrades	forran
Imperfect	forraba	forrabas	forraba	forrabamos	forrabades	forraban
Preterite	forrei	forraches	forrou	forramos	forrastes	forraron
Pluperfect	forrara	forraras	forrara	forraramos	forrarades	forraran
Future	forrarei	forrarás	forrará	forraremos	forraredes	forrarán
Conditional	forraría	forrarías	forraría	forrariamos	forrariades	forrarían
Subjunctive
Present	forre	forres	forre	forremos	forredes	forren
Imperfect	forrase	forrases	forrase	forrásemos	forrásedes	forrasen
Future	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forraren
Imperative
Affirmative		forra	forre	forremos	forrade	forren
Negative (non)		non forres	non forre	non forremos	non forredes	non forren

    Reintegrated conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	forrar
Personal	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forrarem
Gerund
	forrando
Past participle
Masculine	forrado			forrados
Feminine	forrada			forradas
Indicative
Present	forro	forras	forra	forramos	forrades, forrais	forram
Imperfect	forrava	forravas	forrava	forrávamos	forrávades, forráveis, forrávais1	forravam
Preterite	forrei	forraste, forrache1	forrou	forramos	forrastes	forrárom, forraram
Pluperfect	forrara	forraras	forrara	forráramos	forrárades, forráreis, forrárais1	forraram
Future	forrarei	forrarás	forrará	forraremos	forraredes, forrareis	forrarám, forrarão
Conditional	forraria	forrarias	forraria	forraríamos	forraríades, forraríeis, forraríais1	forrariam
Subjunctive
Present	forre	forres	forre	forremos	forredes, forreis	forrem
Imperfect	forrasse	forrasses	forrasse	forrássemos	forrássedes, forrásseis	forrassem
Future	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		forra	forre	forremos	forrade, forrai	forrem
Negative (nom)		nom forres	nom forre	nom forremos	nom forredes, nom forreis	nom forrem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• forra (“small stone used as filling; wedge”)
• forro (“cover”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “forrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “forrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “forrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forrar (revestir)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “forrar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [foˈha(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [foˈha(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foˈʁa(ɾ)/ [foˈha(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [foˈχa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /foˈʁa(ɻ)/ [foˈha(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈʁa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: for‧rar

Etymology 1

From forro (“lining”) + -ar.

Verb

forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)

1. to line, to insert a lining
2. to cover, to put a cover on
3. to carpet

Conjugation

    Conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	forrar
Personal	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forrarem
Gerund
	forrando
Past participle
Masculine	forrado			forrados
Feminine	forrada			forradas
Indicative
Present	forro	forras	forra	forramos	forrais	forram
Imperfect	forrava	forravas	forrava	forrávamos	forráveis	forravam
Preterite	forrei	forraste	forrou	forramos1, forrámos2	forrastes	forraram
Pluperfect	forrara	forraras	forrara	forráramos	forráreis	forraram
Future	forrarei	forrarás	forrará	forraremos	forrareis	forrarão
Conditional	forraria	forrarias	forraria	forraríamos	forraríeis	forrariam
Subjunctive
Present	forre	forres	forre	forremos	forreis	forrem
Imperfect	forrasse	forrasses	forrasse	forrássemos	forrásseis	forrassem
Future	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		forra	forre	forremos	forrai	forrem
Negative (não)		não forres	não forre	não forremos	não forreis	não forrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

From forro (“free”) + -ar.

Verb

forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)

2. to save; to economize

   Synonyms: economizar, poupar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	forrar
Personal	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forrarem
Gerund
	forrando
Past participle
Masculine	forrado			forrados
Feminine	forrada			forradas
Indicative
Present	forro	forras	forra	forramos	forrais	forram
Imperfect	forrava	forravas	forrava	forrávamos	forráveis	forravam
Preterite	forrei	forraste	forrou	forramos1, forrámos2	forrastes	forraram
Pluperfect	forrara	forraras	forrara	forráramos	forráreis	forraram
Future	forrarei	forrarás	forrará	forraremos	forrareis	forrarão
Conditional	forraria	forrarias	forraria	forraríamos	forraríeis	forrariam
Subjunctive
Present	forre	forres	forre	forremos	forreis	forrem
Imperfect	forrasse	forrasses	forrasse	forrássemos	forrásseis	forrassem
Future	forrar	forrares	forrar	forrarmos	forrardes	forrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		forra	forre	forremos	forrai	forrem
Negative (não)		não forres	não forre	não forremos	não forreis	não forrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• forreta

Further reading

• “forrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “forrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fourrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈraɾ/ [foˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fo‧rrar

Verb

forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forré, past participle forrado)

1. (transitive) to line, cover the inside

   Synonym: aforrar

2. (transitive) to put a cover on a book
3. (transitive) to overlay
4. (reflexive, colloquial) to become rich, to make a killing, to strike it rich

   Synonym: enriquecerse

   • 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País‎^[2]:

     ¿Logrará, como sueña, crear una red de locales? ¿Se forrará?

     Will she succeed in creating a network of locations, like she dreams of? Will she make a fortune?

5. (Spain, transitive, vulgar) to fuck

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:copular

Conjugation

    Conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			forrar
gerund			forrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		forrado		forrada
		plural		forrados		forradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	forro	forrastú forrásvos	forra	forramos	forráis	forran
	imperfect	forraba	forrabas	forraba	forrábamos	forrabais	forraban
	preterite	forré	forraste	forró	forramos	forrasteis	forraron
	future	forraré	forrarás	forrará	forraremos	forraréis	forrarán
	conditional	forraría	forrarías	forraría	forraríamos	forraríais	forrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	forre	forrestú forrésvos2	forre	forremos	forréis	forren
	imperfect (ra)	forrara	forraras	forrara	forráramos	forrarais	forraran
	imperfect (se)	forrase	forrases	forrase	forrásemos	forraseis	forrasen
	future1	forrare	forrares	forrare	forráremos	forrareis	forraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		forratú forrávos	forre	forremos	forrad	forren
	negative		no forres	no forre	no forremos	no forréis	no forren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of forrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive forrar	dative	forrarme	forrarte	forrarle, forrarse	forrarnos	forraros	forrarles, forrarse
	accusative	forrarme	forrarte	forrarlo, forrarla, forrarse	forrarnos	forraros	forrarlos, forrarlas, forrarse
with gerund forrando	dative	forrándome	forrándote	forrándole, forrándose	forrándonos	forrándoos	forrándoles, forrándose
	accusative	forrándome	forrándote	forrándolo, forrándola, forrándose	forrándonos	forrándoos	forrándolos, forrándolas, forrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative forra	dative	fórrame	fórrate	fórrale	fórranos	not used	fórrales
	accusative	fórrame	fórrate	fórralo, fórrala	fórranos	not used	fórralos, fórralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative forrá	dative	forrame	forrate	forrale	forranos	not used	forrales
	accusative	forrame	forrate	forralo, forrala	forranos	not used	forralos, forralas
with formal second-person singular imperative forre	dative	fórreme	not used	fórrele, fórrese	fórrenos	not used	fórreles
	accusative	fórreme	not used	fórrelo, fórrela, fórrese	fórrenos	not used	fórrelos, fórrelas
with first-person plural imperative forremos	dative	not used	forrémoste	forrémosle	forrémonos	forrémoos	forrémosles
	accusative	not used	forrémoste	forrémoslo, forrémosla	forrémonos	forrémoos	forrémoslos, forrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative forrad	dative	forradme	not used	forradle	forradnos	forraos	forradles
	accusative	forradme	not used	forradlo, forradla	forradnos	forraos	forradlos, forradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative forren	dative	fórrenme	not used	fórrenle	fórrennos	not used	fórrenles, fórrense
	accusative	fórrenme	not used	fórrenlo, fórrenla	fórrennos	not used	fórrenlos, fórrenlas, fórrense

Derived terms

• forrado
• forro

Related terms

• aforrar
• forraje

Further reading

• “forrar”, 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