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aforar

Portuguese, verb/a.foˈɾa(ʁ)/

aforar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to lease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dar ou tomar por aforamento”.

What does aforar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to lease

  2. 2

    to authorize

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. dar ou tomar por aforamento 2. abonar; autorizar 3. excetuar 4. tirar fora

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of aforar

  • aforo first-person present singular
  • aforei first-person preterite singular
  • aforado participle past
  • aforares infinitive second-person singular
  • aforarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • aforardes infinitive plural second-person
  • aforarem infinitive plural third-person
  • aforando gerund
  • aforados masculine participle past
  • aforada feminine participle past
  • aforadas feminine participle past
  • aforas indicative present second-person
  • afora indicative present singular
  • aforamos first-person indicative plural
  • aforais indicative plural present
  • aforam indicative plural present
  • aforava first-person imperfect indicative
  • aforavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aforar?

  • Brazil /a.foˈɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [a.foˈɾa(h)]
  • /a.foˈɾa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.