furar

From fura +‎ -ar.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fuˈɾaɾ/
• Homophone: furà

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

1. to ferret

From Old Galician-Portuguese furar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), 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
   • 1750, anonymous, Galanteo de mozo e moza:

     Agora si, que cai ben
     aquel conto do Boy manso,
     que nunha corrida de Touros,
     se ò pican, â ollos cerrados
     â hùs lles fura os calzòs,
     outros os pincha rodando,
     este quero, aquel non quero,
     esparcendolle os fargallos,
     hasta que queda à Praza
     espoada âô seu mandado:

     Now it sits well
     that tale of the docile ox,
     that in a bullfight,
     if they sting him, as with closed eyes,
     he bores the pants of some,
     others he takes down rolling,
     this one I want, that I don't,
     scattering their rags,
     till the plaza is left
     sieved [dusted?] at his command

   A verdade fura as paredes (proverb) ― The truth pierce the walls

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

• “furar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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 Galician-Portuguese, from Latin forāre. Compare Italian forare and French forer.

• Hyphenation: fu‧rar

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

1. to pierce, puncture, make a hole in

   Marcos furou seu dedo. ― Marcos pricked his finger.

2. (Brazil, 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. (Brazil, idiomatic) to stand (someone) up (to miss an appointment or date without prior notification)

   João furou nosso encontro. ― João didn't show up to our date.

   Synonym: (Brazil) dar o bolo

5. inflection of furar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

• furo (“hole”)

• furado