farol

See also: fáról

Hungarian

Etymology

far + -ol

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɒrol]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧rol
  • Rhymes: -ol

Verb

farol

  1. to back (to go in the reverse direction)
  2. to skid (to slide in an uncontrolled manner as in a car with the brakes applied too hard)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • farolás
  • faroló
  • faroltat
  • faroltatás
  • faroltató

(With verbal prefixes):

  • befarol
  • elfarol
  • félrefarol
  • hátrafarol
  • kifarol
  • megfarol
  • nekifarol

Further reading

  • farol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Portuguese

farol

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian farolo, diminutive of faro, from Latin pharus (lighthouse), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros), an island in Alexandria famous for its lighthouse. Compare Italian and Spanish faro, French phare.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /faˈɾɔw/ [faˈɾɔʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐˈɾɔl/ [fɐˈɾɔɫ]

  • Hyphenation: fa‧rol

Noun

farol m (plural faróis)

  1. lighthouse (building containing a light to warn or guide ships)
    Synonym: (archaic) almenara
  2. automobile light
    Synonym: luz
  3. (Brazil) traffic light
    Synonyms: semáforo, (Brazil) sinaleiro

Hypernyms


Spanish

Etymology

From faro, from Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɾol/ [faˈɾol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: fa‧rol

Noun

farol m (plural faroles)

  1. lantern
  2. headlight (bike or automobile light)
  3. streetlamp
  4. lighthouse
  5. bluff (act of bluffing)

Descendants

  • Bikol Central: parol
  • Cebuano: parol
  • English: farol
  • Tagalog: parol

Further reading

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