fuera

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fuere

Verb

fuera

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ser
3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser
4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser

Ladin

Noun

fuera f (plural fueres)

1. (Gherdëina) noise (unwanted sound)

   Cie ie pa chësta fuera?

   What's this noise?

Ladino

Alternative forms

• (Haketia) fera, fwera

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish fuera, fueras, from Latin forās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”). Cognate with English foreign.

Adverb

fuera (Hebrew spelling פ׳ואירה)

1. out; outside (without)

   Synonym: afuera

   Antonym: ariento

   • 1553, “Genesis, VI”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara‎^[1], page 4:

     Y dixo el dio à Noah fin de toda criatura, vino delãte mi : que ſe hinchio la tierra de violẽçia,de delante ellos:y he yo dañan à ellos, con la tierra Haze à ti,arca de maderos de Sedro:moradas haras à la arca: y empegaras à ella, de dentro y de fuera, con la pez.

     And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.’

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fueram, fuerat, first and third person singular active pluperfect indicative of sum (“to be”).

Verb

fuera

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser
2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser

Etymology 3

From the active pluperfect conjugations of Latin eō (“to go”), influenced by the corresponding conjugations of sum (“to be”).

Verb

fuera

1. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ir
2. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ir

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• fueras

Etymology

Inherited from Latin forās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”). Cognate with Old French fors.

Adverb

fuera

1. out (outside)
   • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 35vb:

     Prenle etrayle fuera e fyzolo assi.

     Take it and bring it outside, and he did.

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “fuera”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 269

Romansch

Alternative forms

• sfuira (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Puter)
• fuira (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan)
• foira (Surmiran)
• sfuoira (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin foria.

Noun

fuera f

1. (medicine, Sursilvan) diarrhea

Synonyms

• burga

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfweɾa/ [ˈfwe.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: fue‧ra

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish fuera, fueras, from Latin forās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door; gate”). Cognate with English foreign.

Adverb

fuera

1. outside

Derived terms

• afuera
• cambio y fuera
• de fuera
• dentro o fuera
• estar fuera de fueras
• foráneo
• forastero
• fuera de
• fuera de combate
• fuera de control
• fuera de escuadra
• fuera de juego
• fuera de la ley
• fuera de línea
• fuera de lugar
• fuera de onda
• fuera de propósito
• fuera de puertas
• fuera de quicio
• fuera de razón
• fuera de serie
• fuera de servicio
• fuera de sí
• fuera de tiempo
• fuera de tono
• fuera del agua
• fuereño

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin fueram, fuerat, first and third person singular active pluperfect indicative of sum (“to be”).

Verb

fuera

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ser

Etymology 3

From the active pluperfect conjugations of Latin eō (“to go”), influenced by the corresponding conjugations of sum (“to be”).

Verb

fuera

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ir

Further reading

• “fuera”, 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