aforrar

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• IPA^(key): /afoˈraɾ/, [a.foˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧fo‧rrar

aforrar (first-person singular indicative present aforro, past participle aforráu)

1. to save (money, time)

From a- +‎ forro (“free”) +‎ -ar, from Arabic. Compare Spanish ahorrar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.fuˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.foˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.foˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧for‧rar
• Homophone: aforrà (except Valencian)

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrí, past participle aforrat); root stress: (Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive, Valencia) to save

   Synonym: estalviar

• “aforrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• forrar

First attested in c. 1300. Ultimately from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free, noble, virtuous”). Compare Spanish ahorrar.

• IPA^(key): /afoˈraɾ/ [a.foˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧fo‧rrar

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrei, past participle aforrado)

1. to save, to economize

   Synonym: economizar

• aforro

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

• Hyphenation: a‧for‧rar

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrei, past participle aforrado)

1. (transitive) to save, to economize

• IPA^(key): /afoˈraɾ/ [a.foˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fo‧rrar

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforré, past participle aforrado)

1. (transitive) to line, cover the inside

   Synonym: forrar

2. (transitive, South America) to slap

   Synonyms: bofetear, cachetear, pegar

• “aforrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28