furão
See also: fùráo
Portuguese
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furão (Mustela putorius furo)
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrō, fūrōnis (“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 fura, Occitan fura, French furet, English ferret and Italian furetto.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /fu.ˈɾɐ̃w̃/
- Hyphenation: fu‧rão
Noun
furão m (plural furões)
- ferret
- meddler.
Verb
furão
- Obsolete spelling of furam