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Tá forrado

Portuguese

Meaning

To be loaded / rolling in cash

Example

Depois daquela herança ele tá forrado.

After that inheritance he's loaded.

Origin

Forrar means to line — to put a layer inside something (as in lining a coat). Applied to a person, forrado evokes someone wrapped or padded with money. The verb itself entered Iberian Portuguese and Spanish from Frankish *fodr (related to German Futter, 'lining'); the financial idiom is used in both languages.