forro

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See also: Forro, fôrro, forró, and foro

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

forro m (plural forros)

  1. lining
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (obsolete) free
  2. (archaic) tax-free
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

forro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “forro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “forro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “forro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “forro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -oʁu
  • Hyphenation: for‧ro

Noun

forro m (plural forros)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -oʁu
  • Hyphenation: for‧ro

Adjective

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

  2. free; freed
  3. enfranchised; emancipated

Noun

forro m (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: for‧ro

Verb

forro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “forro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “forro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈforo/
  • Rhymes: -oro
  • Syllabification: fo‧rro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from forrar.

Noun

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 pinchado ― obnoxious person (literally, “perforated condom”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

forro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

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