forro

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See also: Forro, fôrro, forró, and foro

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French feurre, from Old French fuerre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (food).

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Noun

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forro m (plural forros)

  1. lining
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, free).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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forro (feminine forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras)

  1. (obsolete) free
  2. (archaic) tax-free
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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forro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

References

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French feurre, from Frankish *fodar,[1][2] from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (food).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oʁu
  • Hyphenation: for‧ro

Noun

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forro m (plural forros)

  1. lining
  2. drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)
  3. an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, free).[2][1]

Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oʁu
  • Hyphenation: for‧ro

Adjective

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forro (feminine forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras)

  1. free; freed
  2. enfranchised; emancipated

Noun

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forro m (uncountable)

  1. Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)
    Synonym: são-tomense

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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: for‧ro

Verb

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forro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 forro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. 2.0 2.1 forro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈforo/ [ˈfo.ro]
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Syllabification: fo‧rro

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from forrar.

Noun

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forro m (plural forros)

  1. lining
  2. dust jacket
    Coordinate term: portada
  3. (heraldry) fur
  4. (Argentina) condom
    Synonym: preservativo
  5. (Argentina) said to refer to people that are obnoxious, sometimes treacherous
    forro pinchadoobnoxious person (literally, “perforated condom”)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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forro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

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