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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

ferrar.

to horseshoe (to apply horseshoes to a horse or other hooved animal)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/feˈʁa(ʁ)/Brazil[feˈha(h)]Brazil/feˈʁa(ɾ)/São-Paulo[feˈha(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to horseshoe (to apply horseshoes to a horse or other hooved animal)

  2. to screw (to beset with unfortunate circumstances)

    Brazil · slang
  3. to anchor (to cast a ship’s anchor)

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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

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