ferrar

Meaning

1. to horseshoe (to apply horseshoes to a horse or other hooved animal)
2. (Brazil,slang) to screw (to beset with unfortunate circumstances)
3. (archaic) to anchor (to cast a ship’s anchor)

Hyphenated as

fer‧rar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/feˈʁa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) + -ar, or from a Late Latin ferrāre, from Latin ferrum (“iron”). Compare Spanish herrar, Catalan ferrar, French ferrer, Italian ferrare.