# forro
## Galician
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French feurre, from Old French fuerre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfo.rʊ]

#### Noun

forro m (plural forros)
* lining

##### Derived terms

* forrar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfo.rʊ]

#### Adjective

forro (feminine forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras)
* (obsolete) free
* (archaic) tax-free

##### Derived terms

* aforrar

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

forro
* first-person singular present indicative of forrar

### References

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

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* foro

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish forro, from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”).

### Adjective

forro
* free; liberated
    Synonym: libero

### References

* ↑ “forro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French feurre, from Frankish *fodar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, from Proto-Indo-European *pātróm (“food”).

#### Alternative forms

* fôrro (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁo/ [ˈfo.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -oʁu
* Hyphenation: for‧ro

#### Noun

forro m (plural forros)
* lining
* drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)
* an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic حُرّ (ḥurr, “free”). Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

#### Alternative forms

* fôrro (pre-reform spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/ [ˈfo.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁo/ [ˈfo.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfo.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -oʁu
* Hyphenation: for‧ro

#### Adjective

forro (feminine forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras)
* free; freed
* enfranchised; emancipated

#### Noun

forro m (uncountable)
* Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)
    Synonym: são-tomense

#### Derived terms

* aforrar

#### Related terms

* aforro
* alforria

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ʁu/ [ˈfɔ.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ʁu/ [ˈfɔ.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ʁu/ [ˈfɔ.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ʁo/ [ˈfɔ.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -ɔʁu
* Hyphenation: for‧ro

#### Verb

forro
* first-person singular present indicative of forrar

### Further reading

* “forro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “forro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “forro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “forro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈforo/ [ˈfo.ro]
* Rhymes: -oro
* Syllabification: fo‧rro

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of forrar.

#### Noun

forro m (plural forros)
* lining
* dust jacket
    Coordinate term: portada
* (heraldry) fur
* (Argentina) condom
    Synonym: preservativo
* (Argentina) said to refer to people that are obnoxious, sometimes treacherous
    forro pinchado ― obnoxious person (literally, “perforated condom”)

##### Derived terms

* forro polar
* ni por el forro

##### Related terms

* forrar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

forro
* first-person singular present indicative of forrar

### Further reading

* “forro”, 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