Polyglot Dictionary

arruga

/aˈruɣa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las arrugas

Meaning

  1. wrinkle

    • Esta camisa tiene muchas arrugas.

      This shirt has a lot of wrinkles.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

surco

Close — arruga is a wrinkle, surco is a furrow; both describe a line or groove.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

ruga

ruga is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "wrinkle."

Practice

1 What does arruga mean?

2 Fill the gap: Esta camisa tiene muchas ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches arruga?

noun

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