furare
See also: furaré
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fūrārī, present active infinitive of fūror, derived from fūr (“thief”).
Pronunciation
Verb
furare (obsolete)
- to steal
- Synonym: rubare
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XX, page 307, lines 109–111:
- Del folle Acàn ciascun poi si ricorda, ¶ come furò le spoglie, sì che l'ira ¶ di Iosüè qui par ch'ancor lo morda.
- The foolish Achan each one then records, and how he stole the spoils; so that the wrath of Joshua still appears to sting him here.
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, page 467, lines 103–105:
- «Voi vigilate ne l'etterno die, ¶ sì che notte né sonno a voi non fura ¶ passo che faccia il secol per sue vie; […] »
- Ye keep your watch in the eternal day, so that nor night nor sleep can steal from you one step the ages make upon their path;
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIII, page 239, lines 139–142:
- Non creda donna Berta e ser Martino, ¶ per vedere un furare, altro offerere, ¶ vederli dentro al consiglio divino; ¶ ché quel può surgere, e quel può cadere.
- Let not Dame Bertha nor Ser Martin think, seeing one steal, another offering make, to see them in the arbitrament divine; for one may rise, and fall the other may.
- to kidnap
- Synonym: rapire
- (figuratively) to take away
- Synonym: portare via
- Morte fura prima i migliori, e lascia star i rei ― Death takes the best [ones] away first, and leaves the wicked be
Conjugation
Related terms
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) fūrāre