Polyglot Dictionary

arregaçar

/axegaˈsaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
arregaço
preterite (eu)
arregacei
past participle
arregaçado

Meaning

  1. to roll up

    • Arregaçou as mangas.

      He rolled up his sleeves.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

rolar

arregaçar specifically means to roll up sleeves or pants, like the idiom "arregaçar as mangas," to roll up your sleeves and get to work; rolar is the general word, to roll, like a ball.

enrolar

arregaçar specifically means to roll up sleeves or pants; enrolar means to roll up or wrap something, like a rug, and colloquially also "to stall or procrastinate."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

enrollar

enrollar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to roll up."

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