ele furou

punctured, made a hole in, missed, skipped (an appointment/class)

f u ɾ o → furar
fur pierce; make a hole + ou 3rd-person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Uncommon #18,341
punctured, made a hole in
PO: Ele furou o pneu da bicicleta sem querer.
EN: He punctured the bike tire by accident.
missed, skipped (an appointment/class) Common in Brazilian Portuguese in informal speech.
PO: Ela furou a reunião e não avisou ninguém.
EN: She skipped the meeting and didn’t tell anyone.
Conjugation of furar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third furou —

E, em troca, você furou minhas costelas e me roubou.

And in return, you stabbed me in the ribs and robbed me.

— O Refúgio (2026)

Precisou parar porque o pneu furou.

He had to stop because he had a flat tire.

— F1: O Filme (2025)

Com a sorte que eu tenho, um pneu furou!

With my good luck, I got a flat tire!

— A Noite Americana (1973)

Eu sei trocar pneu, aprendi quando furou na estrada.

I know how to change a tire; I learned when I got a flat on the road.

O traseiro esquerdo furou.

The left rear tire went flat.

— F1: O Filme (2025)

Tom furou um buraco na parede e atingiu um cabo elétrico.

Tom drilled a hole in the wall and hit an electrical cable.

Merda! O pneu furou no meio da estrada!

Damn! I got a flat tire in the middle of the road!

O traseiro direito furou.

The right rear tire got a flat.

— F1: O Filme (2025)

Furou?

Did it get a flat?

— Carandiru (2003)

Ela furou as orelhas.

She pierced her ears.

Tom furou um buraco na parede e atingiu um cano de água.

Tom drilled a hole in the wall and hit a water pipe.

Por que tu não me furou?

Why didn’t you stab me?

— Carandiru (2003)

O Ezequiel furou o Zico.

Ezequiel stabbed Zico.

— Carandiru (2003)

Esperava chegar mais cedo, mas um pneu furou no caminho.

I was hoping to arrive earlier, but I got a flat tire along the way.

— O Menino e a Garça (2023)

Tom furou a bexiga com um alfinete.

Tom punctured the balloon with a pin.

Será que o pneu furou?

Did the tire get a flat?

— Piku (2015)

O pneu furou?

Did the tire get a flat?

— Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)

Eles estavam perto de casa quando o pneu furou.

They were close to home when they got a flat tire.

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