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aforrar

Portuguese, verb/a.foˈʁa(ʁ)/

aforrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to save, to economize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forrar”.

What does aforrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to save, to economize

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. forrar 2. enchumaçar 3. economizar

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 aforrar

  • aforro first-person present singular
  • aforrei first-person preterite singular
  • aforrado participle past
  • aforrares infinitive second-person singular
  • aforrarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • aforrardes infinitive plural second-person
  • aforrarem infinitive plural third-person
  • aforrando gerund
  • aforrados masculine participle past
  • aforrada feminine participle past
  • aforradas feminine participle past
  • aforras indicative present second-person
  • aforra indicative present singular
  • aforramos first-person indicative plural
  • aforrais indicative plural present
  • aforram indicative plural present
  • aforrava first-person imperfect indicative
  • aforravas imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce aforrar?

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

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