furão

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See also: fùráo

Portuguese

furão (Mustela putorius furo)

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: fu‧rão

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrōnem (“thief”), from Classical Latin fūr (“thief”), from Proto-Italic *fōr (“thief”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr (“thief”), which is derived from *bʰer- (“to carry”).

Cognate with Galician furón, Spanish hurón, Catalan and Occitan fura, French furet, English ferret and Italian furetto.

Noun

furão m (plural furões)

  1. ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) meddler, ferreter
    Synonyms: abelhudo, bisbilhoteiro
  3. (Brazil, figurative) a hard-working person

Etymology 2

Noun

furão m (plural furões)

  1. Augmentative of furo (“hole”)

Etymology 3

Verb

furão

  1. Obsolete spelling of furam.

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