aforrar
Asturian edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aforrar (first-person singular indicative present aforro, past participle aforráu)
- to save (money, time)
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From a- + forro (“free”) + -ar, from Arabic. Compare Spanish ahorrar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrí, past participle aforrat); root stress: (Valencian) /o/
- (transitive, Valencia) to save
- Synonym: estalviar
Conjugation edit
infinitive | aforrar | ||||||
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gerund | aforrant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | aforrat | aforrada | |||||
plural | aforrats | aforrades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | aforro | aforres | aforra | aforrem | aforreu | aforren | |
imperfect | aforrava | aforraves | aforrava | aforràvem | aforràveu | aforraven | |
future | aforraré | aforraràs | aforrarà | aforrarem | aforrareu | aforraran | |
preterite | aforrí | aforrares | aforrà | aforràrem | aforràreu | aforraren | |
conditional | aforraria | aforraries | aforraria | aforraríem | aforraríeu | aforrarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | aforri | aforris | aforri | aforrem | aforreu | aforrin | |
imperfect | aforrés | aforressis | aforrés | aforréssim | aforréssiu | aforressin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | aforra | aforri | aforrem | aforreu | aforrin | |
negative (no) | — | no aforris | no aforri | no aforrem | no aforreu | no aforrin |
Further reading edit
- “aforrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Attested since circa 1300. Ultimately from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free, noble, virtuous”). Compare Spanish ahorrar.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrei, past participle aforrado)
- to save, to economize
- Synonym: economizar
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “aforrado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “aforrado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “aforrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “aforrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “aforrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “aforrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧for‧rar
Verb edit
aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrei, past participle aforrado)
- (transitive) to save, to economize
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforré, past participle aforrado)
- (transitive) to line, cover the inside
- Synonym: forrar
- (transitive, South America) to slap
Conjugation edit
Further reading edit
- “aforrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014