fulorar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fu.loˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fu.loˈɾa(h)], /fu.lɔˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fu.lɔˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fu.loˈɾa(ɾ)/, /fu.lɔˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fu.loˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fu.loˈɾa(χ)], /fu.lɔˈɾa(ʁ)/ [fu.lɔˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fu.loˈɾa(ɻ)/, /fu.lɔˈɾa(ɻ)/

Verb

fulorar (first-person singular present fuloro, first-person singular preterite fulorei, past participle fulorado)

  1. pronunciation spelling of florar, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese
    • 1955, Zé Dantas, Luiz Gonzaga, “O Xote das Meninas”, in A História do Nordeste na Voz de Luiz Gonzaga, performed by Luiz Gonzaga, RCA Victor:
      Mandacaru quando fulora na seca / É o sinal que a chuva chega no sertão
      Mandacarus, when they flower in the drought / Are the sign that rain’s coming to the backlands
    • 1965, João do Vale, “Ouricuri” (1:31 from the start), in O Poeta do Povo[1]:
      Catingueira fulora, vai chover / Andorinha voou, vai ter verão / Gavião se cantar, é estiada / Vai haver boa safra no sertão
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation