forro

See also: Forro, fôrro, forró, and foro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fôrro (obsolete, noun and adjective)

Etymology 1

From Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

Adjective

1. enfranchised; emancipated
3. free; freed

Noun

forro m (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• são-tomense

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French feurre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French fuerre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *fodar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

Noun

forro m (plural s)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

Verb

forro

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Spanish

Etymology

From forrar.

Noun

forro m (plural forros)

1. lining
2. dust jacket
3. (heraldry) fur
4. (Argentina) (condom): raincoat, glove
5. (Argentina) said to refer to people that are obnoxious, sometimes treacherous. Full expression "Forro pinchado" ("Perforated condom") - as being the result of, hence the treacherous/obnoxious meaning.

Related terms

• forrar

Verb

forro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of forrar.