forro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- fôrro (obsolete, noun and adjective)
Etymology 1
From Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ħər (“free”).
Adjective
forro m (feminine singular forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras, comparable)
Noun
forro m (uncountable)
- Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From French feurre, from Old French fuerre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).
Noun
forro m (plural forros)
- lining
- drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)
- an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling
Spanish
Etymology
From forrar.
Noun
forro m (plural forros)
- lining
- dust jacket
- (heraldry) fur
- (Argentina) (condom): raincoat, glove
- (Argentina) said to refer to people that are obnoxious, sometimes treacherous. Full expression "Forro pinchado" ("Perforated condom") - as being the result of, hence the treacherous/obnoxious meaning.
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