forro

• fôrro (obsolete, noun and adjective)

From Arabic حُرّ‎ (ḥurr, “free”), from Proto-Afro-Asiatic *ħər (“free”).

Cognate with Spanish horro and Swahili huru.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

forro m (feminine singular forra, masculine plural forros, feminine plural forras, comparable)

1. enfranchised; emancipated
2. free; freed

forro m (uncountable)

1. Forro; Sãotomense (a Portuguese-based creole spoken in São Tomé and Príncipe)

• são-tomense

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

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

forro m (plural forros)

1. lining
2. drop ceiling (secondary ceiling, hung below the structural ceiling)
3. an individual tile or plank of a drop ceiling

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: for‧ro

forro

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of forrar

From forrar.

forro m (plural forros)

1. lining
2. dust jacket
3. (heraldry) fur
4. (Argentina) (condom): raincoat, glove
5. (Argentina) said to refer to people that are obnoxious, sometimes treacherous. Full expression "Forro pinchado" ("Perforated condom") - as being the result of, hence the treacherous/obnoxious meaning.

• forrar

forro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of forrar.