forro

See also: Forro, fôrro, forró, and foro

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French feurre, from Old French fuerre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfo.rʊ]

Noun

forro m (plural forros)

1. lining

Derived terms

• forrar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfo.rʊ]

Adjective

forro (feminine forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras)

1. (obsolete) free
2. (archaic) tax-free

Derived terms

• aforrar

Etymology 3

Verb

forro

1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “forro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Alternative forms

• foro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish forro, from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

Adjective

forro

1. free; liberated

   Synonym: libero

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French feurre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

Alternative forms

• fôrro (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁo/ [ˈfo.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -oʁu
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

Noun

forro m (plural forros)

2. lining
3. drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)
4. an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”). Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

Alternative forms

• fôrro (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁo/ [ˈfo.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -oʁu
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

Adjective

forro (feminine forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras)

2. free; freed
3. enfranchised; emancipated

Noun

forro m (uncountable)

1. Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)

   Synonym: são-tomense

Derived terms

• aforrar

Related terms

• aforro
• alforria

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁu/ [ˈfɔ.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁu/ [ˈfɔ.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁu/ [ˈfɔ.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁo/ [ˈfɔ.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -ɔʁu
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

Verb

forro

1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

Further reading

• “forro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “forro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “forro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “forro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈforo/ [ˈfo.ro]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: fo‧rro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from forrar.

Noun

forro m (plural forros)

1. lining
2. dust jacket

   Coordinate term: portada

3. (heraldry) fur
4. (Argentina) condom

   Synonym: preservativo

5. (Argentina) said to refer to people that are obnoxious, sometimes treacherous

   forro pinchado ― obnoxious person (literally, “perforated condom”)

Derived terms

• forro polar
• ni por el forro

Related terms

• forrar

Etymology 2

Verb

forro

1. first-person singular present indicative of forrar

Further reading

• “forro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10