furão

See also: fùráo

Portuguese

furão (Mustela putorius furo)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [fuˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: fu‧rão

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrōnem (“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 and Occitan fura, French furet, English ferret and Italian furetto.

Noun

furão m (plural furões)

1. ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
2. (colloquial, figurative) meddler, ferreter

   Synonyms: abelhudo, bisbilhoteiro

3. (Brazil, figurative) a hard-working person

Etymology 2

Noun

furão m (plural furões)

1. Augmentative of furo (“hole”)

Etymology 3

Verb

furão

1. Obsolete spelling of furam.

Further reading

• “furão”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “furão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024