# fogo
## English
### Noun

fogo (plural fogos)
* Alternative form of hogo (“strong unpleasant smell”)
** 1824, The New England Farmer, volume 2, page 176:And then while you're a cooking, they say, / Such a fogo beclouds all the room, / That the girls have to group out the way, / In search of the tongs or the broom.

### References

* “Hogo” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary […], 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 193.

### Anagrams

* goof

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈfɔ.ɣu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɔ.ɣo]

### Verb

fogo
* first-person singular present indicative of fogar

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fogo, from Latin focus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔɡo/ [ˈfɔ.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈfɔɡo/ [ˈfɔ.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈfɔħo/ [ˈfɔ.ħʊ]
* Rhymes: -ɔɡo
* Rhymes: -ɔɡo
* Rhymes: -ɔħo
* Hyphenation: fo‧go

### Noun

fogo m (plural fogos)
* flame, fire
    Synonym: lume
* bonfire
    Synonyms: cacharela, fogueira
* (usually in the plural) fireworks show

#### Related terms

* a fogo morto
* foco
* fogar
* fogaxe
* fogo de San Antón
* fogo novo
* fogueira
* herba do fogo

### References

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Akin to affogare (“to drown”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfo.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -oɡo
* Hyphenation: fó‧go

### Noun

fogo m (uncountable) (Tuscan)
* suffocation
    Synonym: soffocamento
* a sense of suffocation

### Further reading

* fogo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese fogo.

### Noun

fogo
* fire

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin focum. Cognate with Old Spanish fuego, Old Occitan foc, Old French feu and Old Italian foco.

### Pronunciation

* (Galicia) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔ.ɡʊ/
* Rhymes: -ɔɡo

### Noun

fogo m (plural fogos)
* fire
** a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 4 (facsimile):
    A madre do que liurou / dos Leões Daniel / Eſſa do fogo Guardou / un Menỹo Dirrael.
       The Mother of Him who delivered Daniel from the lions saved a little boy of the tribe of Israel from the fire.

#### Descendants

* Fala: fogu
* Galician: fogo
* Portuguese: fogo (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "fogo"

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fogo, from Latin focus. Cognate with Galician fogo, Spanish fuego, Catalan foc, Occitan fuòc, French feu, Italian fuoco and Romanian foc. Doublet of foco.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfo.ɡu/ [ˈfo.ɣu]
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /ˈfo.ɡʷ/
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɡu
* Hyphenation: fo‧go

### Noun

fogo m (plural fogos, metaphonic)
* (uncountable) fire (chemical reaction producing a flame)
** 1607, Luís Vaz de Camões, Rimas, Amor é fogo que arde sem se ver:
    Amor he hum fogo que arde ſem ſe verLove is a fire that burns without being seen
    A criança aprendeu a não colocar a mão no fogo da maneira mais difícil.The child learned not to put his hand in the fire the hard way.
* fire (destructive occurrence of fire in a certain place)
    Um fogo destruiu várias lojas no centro.A fire destroyed several shops downtown.
    Synonym: incêndio
* house, family
* (military) fire (projectiles in mid-air)
    Os soldados avançaram sob fogo pesado.The soldiers advanced under heavy fire.
* (poetic) flame (intense emotions)
    O fogo da paixão.The flame of passion.
    Synonyms: ardor, chama
* Ellipsis of fogo de artifício.
* a device that produces a flame; a lighter or match
    O fumante viu que não tinha fogo.The smoker noticed that he didn’t have a lighter.
* (colloquial) heat (tense situation)
* (Brazil, uncountable) pain in the ass (someone or something that is hard to deal with)
    Seu filho é fogo.Your kid is a pain in the ass.
    Synonym: fogo na roupa

#### Derived terms

* a fogo lento
* abrir fogo
* botar fogo na canjica
* brincar com fogo
* cuspir fogo
* de fogo morto
* entre dois fogos
* entre o fogo e a frigideira
* fogaça
* fogão
* fogaréu
* fogo amigo
* fogo cruzado
* fogo de artifício
* fogo de bilbode
* fogo de monturo
* fogo de palha
* fogo de Santelmo
* fogo de vista
* fogo eterno
* fogo grego
* fogo na roupa
* fogo no parquinho
* fogo no rabo
* fogo posto
* fogo primário
* fogo pulado
* fogo sagrado
* fogo secundário
* fogo selvagem
* fogo-fátuo
* fogoso
* fogueira
* fogueiro
* foguinho
* mentir fogo
* negar fogo
* parede corta-fogo
* pegar fogo
* puxar fogo
* tacar fogo

#### Related terms

* enfogar
* focar
* foco

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: fugu
* Kabuverdianu: fogu
* Korlai Creole Portuguese: fog
* Kristang: fogu
* Macanese: fogo

### Interjection

fogo!
* (military) fire! (an order for soldiers to shoot)
* (colloquial) Euphemistic form of foda-se.

### References

* “fogo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “fogo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Rotuman
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *toŋo, from Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.

### Noun

fogo
* mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza and Rhizophora spp.)

### References

* Inia, Elizabeth K., Churchward, Maxwell C. (1998) A New Rotuman dictionary: An English-Rotuman Wordlist‎, Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 204

## Venetan
### Alternative forms

* fógo (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin focum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfo.ɡo/

### Noun

fogo m (plural foghi)
* fire
    El fogo el fa całor.Fire gives heat.

#### Derived terms

* fogaron (bonfire, stake)
* foghera (brazier)
* foghista (stoker)
* fogołaro (hearth, fireplace)
* fogozo (passionate, luxurious)