torar

torar (first-person singular indicative present toro, past participle toráu)

1. to twist, bend
2. to take a cow to be impregnated by a bull

From toro (“trunk section”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [toˈɾaɾ]

torar (first-person singular present toro, first-person singular preterite torei, past participle torado)

1. to cut or saw, in round sections, a trunk or any similar elongated object

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “torar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Homophone: Torá (Brazil, non-rhotic accents)

From toro +‎ -ar.

torar (first-person singular present toro, first-person singular preterite torei, past participle torado) (transitive)

1. to cut (wood) into logs
2. (Minas Gerais, Northeast Brazil) to tear into pieces
3. (Brazil) to cut close
4. (Brazil) to shoot (with a bullet)
5. (São Paulo) to shortcut, to take a shortcut in (a path)

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu tora(r) (“to bypass”), possibly from Portuguese tourear.

torar (first-person singular present toro, first-person singular preterite torei, past participle torado)

1. (Cape Verde) to go around, to bypass (an obstacle)

• “torar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025