funar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈna.ɾi/

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Kongo mfunu (“trade”).

    Verb

    funar (first-person singular present funo, first-person singular preterite funei, past participle funado)

    1. (Angola, colloquial) to sell goods in the backcountry
    2. (Angola, colloquial, intransitive) to practice the profession of Portuguese colonial merchant

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Spanish funar (“to cancel”).

      Verb

      funar (first-person singular present funo, first-person singular preterite funei, past participle funado)

      1. (Brazil, youth slang, Internet slang, neologism) to cancel
      Conjugation

      Romanian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

        From funie + -ar.

        Noun

        funar m (plural funari)

        1. (dated, regional) ropemaker
          Synonym: frânghier

        Declension

        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative funar funarul funari funarii
        genitive-dative funar funarului funari funarilor
        vocative funarule funarilor

        Spanish

        Etymology

          From funa + -ar.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /fuˈnaɾ/ [fuˈnaɾ]
          • Rhymes: -aɾ
          • Syllabification: fu‧nar

          Verb

          funar (first-person singular present funo, first-person singular preterite funé, past participle funado) (originally Chile, in other countries slang or Internet slang, transitive)

          1. (transitive) to cancel, publicly shame or denounce
            Near-synonyms: cancelar, (Argentina, Uruguay) escrachar
            • 2024 May 10, Qhalincha Puriskiri, Facebook‎[1]:
              A esta persona le[sic] funaron porque lanzó comentarios [que] fueron muy clasistas sobre cómo viste la gente en La Paz.
              They canceled this person because she said comments [that] were very classist about how people dress in La Paz.
          2. (transitive) to screw over, ruin
            • 2022 October 22, Pedro Mendoza, La Hora‎[2]:
              Le "funó" la fiesta
              He "ruined" his party
            • 2024 April 29, Fantastic-Ant-4429, r/vzla‎[3] (Reddit post):
              ¿cual[sic] fue ese profesor universitario que los funó por nada?
              who was that professor that screwed you over for no reason?
              (Can we archive this URL?)

          Conjugation

          Descendants

          • Portuguese: funar

          Further reading