ferrar

Asturian

Etymology

From fierru (“iron”) +‎ -ar, or from a Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (“iron”). Compare Spanish herrar.

Verb

ferrar (first-person singular indicative present fierro, past participle ferráu)

1. to shoe (to put horseshoes on a horse)
2. (reflexive) to grab

Conjugation

Related terms

• fierru
• ferradura

Catalan

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -ar, or from a Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (“iron”). Compare Occitan ferrar, French ferrer, Portuguese ferrar, Spanish herrar, Italian ferrare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

ferrar (first-person singular present ferro, first-person singular preterite ferrí, past participle ferrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to horseshoe, to shoe a horse
2. (historical, transitive) to put in irons (to shackle, bind with chains, etc.)
3. (cooking) to fry (eggs)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “ferrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ferrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ferrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferrar, from ferro (“iron”) +‎ -ar, or rather from a Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (“iron”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

ferrar (first-person singular present ferro, first-person singular preterite ferrei, past participle ferrado)

1. to horseshoe (to apply horseshoes to a horse or other hooved animal)
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 65:

     Ferrar se deue o Cauallo con ferraduras rredondas conuiniuylles as huñas, et deuen os canellos das ferraduras seer estreitos et lleues. Et quanto as ferraduras mais lligeiras foren tanto o Cauallo alçara os pees mais lligeiramente

     The horse must be horseshoed with round horseshoes, appropriate to the hoofs, and their calks must be thin and light. The lighter the horseshoes, the lighter the horse will lift his feet.

2. to garnish with iron

Conjugation

Related terms

• ferro

References

• “ferrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ferrar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ferrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ferrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “ferrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ferrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “ferrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -ar, or from a Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (“iron”). Compare Spanish herrar, Catalan ferrar, French ferrer, Italian ferrare.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fer‧rar

Verb

ferrar (first-person singular present ferro, first-person singular preterite ferrei, past participle ferrado)

1. to horseshoe (to apply horseshoes to a horse or other hooved animal)
2. (Brazil, slang) to screw (to beset with unfortunate circumstances)
3. (archaic, nautical) to anchor (to cast a ship’s anchor)

Conjugation

Related terms

• ferreiro
• ferro

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (Spanish fierro).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈraɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fe‧rrar

Verb

ferrar (first-person singular present fierro, first-person singular preterite ferré, past participle ferrado)

1. (transitive) to add iron to
2. (transitive) Obsolete spelling of herrar (“to shoe”)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “ferrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014