torar

From toro (“trunk section”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [toˈɾaɾ]

torar (first-person singular present toro, first-person singular preterite torei, past participle torado)

1. to cut or saw, in round sections, a trunk or any similar elongated object

• “torar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “torar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “torar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From toro +‎ -ar.

torar (first-person singular present toro, first-person singular preterite torei, past participle torado) (transitive)

1. to cut (wood) into logs
2. (Minas Gerais, Northeast Brazil) to tear into pieces
3. (Brazil) to cut close
4. (Brazil) to shoot (with a bullet)
5. (São Paulo) to shortcut, to take a shortcut in (a path)

• “torar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu tora(r) (“to bypass”), possibly from Portuguese tourear.

torar (first-person singular present toro, first-person singular preterite torei, past participle torado)

1. (Cape Verde) to go around, to bypass (an obstacle)

• “torar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.