aforar
Spanish, verb/afoˈɾaɾ/
aforar is a Spanish verb meaning “to gauge, measure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar o tomar a foro alguna heredad”.
What does aforar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gauge, measure
verb
- 1
to grant (a privilege or immunity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar o tomar a foro alguna heredad. 2. Reconocer y evaluar los géneros y mercaderías para el pago de derechos. 3. Medir la cantidad de agua que lleva una corriente en una unidad de tiempo. 4. Determinar la cantidad y valor de los géneros o mercaderías que haya en algún lugar.
verb: 1. Dar, otorgar fueros.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aforar
- aforo first-person present singular
- aforé first-person preterite singular
- aforado participle past
- aforando gerund
- aforada feminine participle past
- aforados masculine participle past
- aforadas feminine participle past
- aforas indicative informal present
- aforás indicative informal present
- afora indicative present singular
- aforamos first-person indicative plural
- aforáis indicative plural present
- aforan indicative plural present
- aforaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aforabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aforábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aforabais imperfect indicative plural
- aforaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aforar?
- /afoˈɾaɾ/
- [a.foˈɾaɾ]
- [afoˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aforar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aforar in Spanish?
aforar appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).