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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From foc + -era, or from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *focāria, from Latin focārius (“of a hearth”), from focus (“(controlled) fire”). Compare Spanish hoguera, Portuguese fogueira.
Noun
foguera f (plural fogueres)
- bonfire, fire
2018 June 23, “Desenes de fogueres il·luminen les revetlles de Sant Joan a Catalunya”, in El País:Desenes de fogueres a tot Catalunya il·luminen les revetlles de Sant Joan. Només a Barcelona, n'hi ha mig centenar.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
foguera f (plural fogueres)
- (Empordà, Vallès) Alternative form of falguera (“fern”)
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