forrar
Galician
Etymology
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]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈraɾ/
Verb
forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)
- (transitive) to line, to insert a lining
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
- Et era forrado en pẽna armjña
- And it was lined in ermine fur
- Et era forrado en pẽna armjña
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
- (transitive) to cover, to put a cover on
- (transitive) to put a wedge under a wheel
Conjugation
Conjugation of forrar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | forrar | |||||
| personal | forrar | forrares | forrar | forrarmos | forrardes | forraren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| forrando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | forrado | forrados | ||||
| feminine | forrada | forradas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | forro | forras | forra | forramos | forrades | forran |
| imperfect | forraba | forrabas | forraba | forrabamos | forrabades | forraban |
| preterite | forrei | forraches | forrou | forramos | forrastes | forraron |
| pluperfect | forrara | forraras | forrara | forraramos | forrarades | forraran |
| future | forrarei | forrarás | forrará | forraremos | forraredes | forrarán |
| conditional | forraría | forrarías | forraría | forrariamos | forrariades | forrarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | forre | forres | forre | forremos | forredes | forren |
| preterite | forrase | forrases | forrase | forrásemos | forrásedes | forrasen |
| future | forrar | forrares | forrar | forrarmos | forrardes | forraren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | forra | forre | forremos | forrade | forren |
| negative | – | forres | forre | forremos | forredes | forren |
Derived terms
- forra (“small stone used as filling; wedge”)
- forro (“cover”)
References
- “forrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “forrad” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “forrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “forrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “forrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “forrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [foˈha(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foˈʁa(ɾ)/ [foˈha(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [foˈχa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foˈʁa(ɻ)/ [foˈha(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈʁaɾ/
- Hyphenation: for‧rar
Etymology 1
From forro (“lining”) + -ar.
Verb
forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)
- to line, to insert a lining
- to cover, to put a cover on
- to carpet
Conjugation
Conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | forrar | |||||
| Personal | forrar | forrares | forrar | forrarmos | forrardes | forrarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| forrando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | forrado | forrados | ||||
| Feminine | forrada | forradas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | forro | forras | forra | forramos | forrais | forram |
| Imperfect | forrava | forravas | forrava | forrávamos | forráveis | forravam |
| Preterite | forrei | forraste | forrou | forramos1, forrámos2 | forrastes | forraram |
| Pluperfect | forrara | forraras | forrara | forráramos | forráreis | forraram |
| Future | forrarei | forrarás | forrará | forraremos | forrareis | forrarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| forraria | forrarias | forraria | forraríamos | forraríeis | forrariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | forre | forres | forre | forremos | forreis | forrem |
| Imperfect | forrasse | forrasses | forrasse | forrássemos | forrásseis | forrassem |
| Future | forrar | forrares | forrar | forrarmos | forrardes | forrarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | forra | forre | forremos | forrai | forrem | |
| Negative (não) | não forres | não forre | não forremos | não forreis | não forrem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Etymology 2
From forro (“free”) + -ar.
Verb
forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forrei, past participle forrado)
- to save; to economize
- Synonyms: economizar, poupar
Conjugation
Conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | forrar | |||||
| Personal | forrar | forrares | forrar | forrarmos | forrardes | forrarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| forrando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | forrado | forrados | ||||
| Feminine | forrada | forradas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | forro | forras | forra | forramos | forrais | forram |
| Imperfect | forrava | forravas | forrava | forrávamos | forráveis | forravam |
| Preterite | forrei | forraste | forrou | forramos1, forrámos2 | forrastes | forraram |
| Pluperfect | forrara | forraras | forrara | forráramos | forráreis | forraram |
| Future | forrarei | forrarás | forrará | forraremos | forrareis | forrarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| forraria | forrarias | forraria | forraríamos | forraríeis | forrariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | forre | forres | forre | forremos | forreis | forrem |
| Imperfect | forrasse | forrasses | forrasse | forrássemos | forrásseis | forrassem |
| Future | forrar | forrares | forrar | forrarmos | forrardes | forrarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | forra | forre | forremos | forrai | forrem | |
| Negative (não) | não forres | não forre | não forremos | não forreis | não forrem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms
- forreta
Spanish
Etymology
From French fourrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈraɾ/ [foˈraɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fo‧rrar
Verb
forrar (first-person singular present forro, first-person singular preterite forré, past participle forrado)
- (transitive) to line, cover the inside
- Synonym: aforrar
- (transitive) to put a cover on a book
- (transitive) to overlay
- (reflexive, colloquial) to become rich, to make a killing
- 2015 November 17, Carmen Pérez-Lanzac, “Las franquicias toman el centro”, in El País:
- ¿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?
- Synonym: enriquecerse
-
- (Spain, transitive, vulgar) to fuck
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:joder
Conjugation
Conjugation of forrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | forrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | forrando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | forrado | forrada | |||||
| plural | forrados | forradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | forro | forrastú forrásvos | forra | forramos | forráis | forran | |
| imperfect | forraba | forrabas | forraba | forrábamos | forrabais | forraban | |
| preterite | forré | forraste | forró | forramos | forrasteis | forraron | |
| future | forraré | forrarás | forrará | forraremos | forraréis | forrarán | |
| conditional | forraría | forrarías | forraría | forraríamos | forraríais | forrarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | forre | forrestú forrésvos2 | forre | forremos | forréis | forren | |
| imperfect (ra) | forrara | forraras | forrara | forráramos | forrarais | forraran | |
| imperfect (se) | forrase | forrases | forrase | forrásemos | forraseis | forrasen | |
| future1 | forrare | forrares | forrare | forráremos | forrareis | forraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | forratú forrávos | forre | forremos | forrad | forren | ||
| negative | no forres | no forre | no forremos | no forréis | no forren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of forrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive forrar | |||||||
| dative | forrarme | forrarte | forrarle, forrarse | forrarnos | forraros | forrarles, forrarse | |
| accusative | forrarme | forrarte | forrarlo, forrarla, forrarse | forrarnos | forraros | forrarlos, forrarlas, forrarse | |
| with gerund forrando | |||||||
| dative | forrándome | forrándote | forrándole, forrándose | forrándonos | forrándoos | forrándoles, forrándose | |
| accusative | forrándome | forrándote | forrándolo, forrándola, forrándose | forrándonos | forrándoos | forrándolos, forrándolas, forrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative forra | |||||||
| dative | fórrame | fórrate | fórrale | fórranos | not used | fórrales | |
| accusative | fórrame | fórrate | fórralo, fórrala | fórranos | not used | fórralos, fórralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative forrá | |||||||
| dative | forrame | forrate | forrale | forranos | not used | forrales | |
| accusative | forrame | forrate | forralo, forrala | forranos | not used | forralos, forralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative forre | |||||||
| dative | fórreme | not used | fórrele, fórrese | fórrenos | not used | fórreles | |
| accusative | fórreme | not used | fórrelo, fórrela, fórrese | fórrenos | not used | fórrelos, fórrelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative forremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | forrémoste | forrémosle | forrémonos | forrémoos | forrémosles | |
| accusative | not used | forrémoste | forrémoslo, forrémosla | forrémonos | forrémoos | forrémoslos, forrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative forrad | |||||||
| dative | forradme | not used | forradle | forradnos | forraos | forradles | |
| accusative | forradme | not used | forradlo, forradla | forradnos | forraos | forradlos, forradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative forren | |||||||
| dative | fórrenme | not used | fórrenle | fórrennos | not used | fórrenles, fórrense | |
| accusative | fórrenme | not used | fórrenlo, fórrenla | fórrennos | not used | fórrenlos, fórrenlas, fórrense | |
Derived terms
- forrado
- forro
Related terms
- aforrar
- forraje
Further reading
- “forrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014