furare

Etymology

From Latin fūrārī, present active infinitive of fūror, derived from fūr (“thief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈra.re/, [fuˈr̺äːr̺e̞]
• Rhymes: -are
• Stress: furàre
• Hyphenation: fu‧ra‧re

Verb

furare (obsolete)

1. to steal

   Synonym: rubare

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback, in Italian), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XX, lines 109–111, page 307:

     Del folle Acàn ciascun poi si ricorda, ¶ come furò le spoglie, sì che l'ira ¶ di Iosüè qui par ch'ancor lo morda.

     The foolish Achan each one then records, ¶ and how he stole the spoils; so that the wrath ¶ of Joshua still appears to sting him here.

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback, in Italian), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXX, lines 103–105, page 467:

     «Voi vigilate ne l'etterno die, ¶ sì che notte né sonno a voi non fura ¶ passo che faccia il secol per sue vie; […] »

     Ye keep your watch in the eternal day, ¶ so that nor night nor sleep can steal from you ¶ one step the ages make upon their path;

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIII, lines 139–142, page 239:

     Non creda donna Berta e ser Martino, ¶ per vedere un furare, altro offerere, ¶ vederli dentro al consiglio divino; ¶ ché quel può surgere, e quel può cadere.

     Let not Dame Bertha nor Ser Martin think, ¶ seeing one steal, another offering make, ¶ to see them in the arbitrament divine; ¶ for one may rise, and fall the other may.

2. to kidnap

   Synonym: rapire

3. (figuratively) to take away

   Synonym: portare via

   Morte fura prima i migliori, e lascia star i rei ― Death takes the best [ones] away first, and leaves the wicked be

Verb

fūrāre

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fūror
2. second-person singular present active indicative of fūror