furão

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
2. (colloquial, figuratively, masculine) meddler, ferreter
3. (Brazil, figuratively, masculine) a hard-working person

Verb

obsolete spelling of furam

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furo

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

ferret

ferrets

flake

polecat

skunk

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Mustela nigripes

Mustela putorius furo

Synonyms

Mustela nigripes

Mustela putorius furo

Furao

Translations

furet

Frettchen

hurón

furetto

fura

بنات مقرض

fret

κουνάβι

furetti

Mustela Putorius Furo

Mustela putorius furo

Mustela nigripes

Mustela putorius furo

Mustela Nigripes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fuˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: fūr

Cognate with Galician: furón

Cognate with Spanish: hurón

Cognate with French: furet

Cognate with English: ferret

Cognate with Italian: furetto

In summary

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.