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Galician

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Etymology

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Circa 1370. From Old French forrer (to furnish), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (compare English fodder), from *fōdô (food), from Proto-Indo-European *pat- (to feed).[1]

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forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)

  1. (transitive) to line, to insert a lining
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana., A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
      Et era forrado en pẽna armjña
      And it was lined in ermine fur
  2. (transitive) to cover, to put a cover on
  3. (transitive) to put a wedge under a wheel

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Derived terms

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  • forra (small stone used as filling; wedge)
  • forro (cover)

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “forrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: for‧rar

Etymology 1

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From forro (lining) +‎ -ar.

Verb

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forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)

  1. to line, to insert a lining
  2. to cover, to put a cover on
  3. to carpet
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Etymology 2

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From forro (free) +‎ -ar.

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forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)

  1. to save; to economize
    Synonyms: economizar, poupar
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French fourrer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foˈraɾ/ [foˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fo‧rrar

Verb

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forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forré, past participle forrado)

  1. (transitive) to line, cover the inside
    Synonym: aforrar
  2. (transitive) to put a cover on a book
  3. (transitive) to overlay
  4. (reflexive, colloquial) to become rich, to make a killing
    Synonym: enriquecerse
    • 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País[1]:
      ¿Logrará, como sueña, crear una red de locales? ¿Se forrará?
      Will she succeed in creating a network of locations, like she dreams of? Will she make a fortune?
  5. (Spain, transitive, vulgar) to fuck
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder

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