# aforrar
## Asturian
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afoˈraɾ/ [a.foˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧fo‧rrar

### Verb

aforrar (first-person singular indicative present aforro, past participle aforráu)
* to save (money, time)

#### Related terms

* aforrador
* aforru

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrí, past participle aforrat); root stress: (Valencia) /o/
* (transitive, Valencia) to save
    Synonym: estalviar

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* forrar

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afoˈraɾ/ [a.foˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧fo‧rrar

### Verb

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrei, past participle aforrado)
* to save, to economize
    Synonym: economizar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* aforro

### References

* 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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.foˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.foˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.foˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.foˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.foˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.foˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.foˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.foˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.fuˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.fuˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.fuˈʁa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧for‧rar

### Verb

aforrar (first-person singular present aforro, first-person singular preterite aforrei, past participle aforrado)
* (transitive) to save, to economize

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afoˈraɾ/ [a.foˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧fo‧rrar

### Verb

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
    Synonyms: bofetear, cachetear, pegar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “aforrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10