furar

fura +‎ -ar

furar (first-person singular present furo, past participle furat)

1. to ferret

13th century. From Vulgar Latin *furare (“to pierce”), from Latin forāre (“to pierce”).

• IPA^(key): /fuˈɾaɾ/

furar (first-person singular present furo, first-person singular preterite furei, past participle furado)

1. to bore; to pierce

   A verdade fura as paredes

   The truth pierce the walls

   (proverb)

2. (figuratively, sports) to shoot a ball with excessive force
3. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of tallar
4. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of tallar

• fura
• furabolos
• furado
• furelo
• furo

• “furar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “furar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “furar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “furar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “furar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese, from Latin forāre, infinitive of forō. Compare Italian forare and French forer.

furar (first-person singular present indicative furo, past participle furado)

1. to pierce, puncture, make a hole in

   Marcos furou seu dedo.

   Marcos pricked his finger.

2. (idiomatic) to cut in line, break a strike

   Maria furou a fila.

   Maria cut in line.

   Os professores furaram a greve.

   The teachers broke the strike.

3. to fall into a hole
4. (idiomatic) to stand (someone) up (to miss an appointment or date without prior notification)

   Synonym: dar o bolo

   João furou nosso encontro.

   João didn't show up to our date.

• furo (“hole”)

• furado