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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fūrārī, derived from fūr (“thief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: fu‧rà‧re
Verb
furàre (first-person singular present fùro, first-person singular past historic furài, past participle furàto, auxiliary avére)
- (archaic) 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.
- (archaic) to kidnap
- Synonym: rapire
- (figurative, archaic) to take away
- Synonym: portare via
- Morte fura prima i migliori, e lascia star i rei ― Death takes the best away first, and leaves the wicked be
Conjugation
Latin
Verb
fūrāre
- second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of fūror