furão

See also: fùráo

Portuguese
furão (Mustela putorius furo)

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [fuˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: fu‧rão

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese foron, from Late Latin fūrōnem (“thief”), from Classical Latin fūr (“thief”), from Proto-Italic *fōr (“thief”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr (“thief”), which is derived from *bʰer- (“to carry”).

Cognate with Galician furón, Spanish hurón, Catalan and Occitan fura, French furet, English ferret and Italian furetto.

Noun

furão m (plural furões)

  1. ferret
  2. meddler

Verb

furão

  1. Obsolete spelling of furam
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