arrugar
Spanish, verb/aruˈɡaɾ/
arrugar is spelled A-R-R-U-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrugar is a Spanish verb meaning “to crease, to crumple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir, poner o hacer arrugas (pliegues en la piel o en un material flexible como telas, papel, etc.)”.
What does arrugar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crease, to crumple
- 2
to wrinkle
- 3
to chicken out, back down, lose one's nerve
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir, poner o hacer arrugas (pliegues en la piel o en un material flexible como telas, papel, etc.). 2. Mostrar furia o enojo con gestos en el rostro o el semblante, poniendo arrugas o pliegues en el ceño, el entrecejo, la frente, la nariz, etc. 3. Causar rabia, enojo, fastidio o rechazo.
verb: 1. Acobardarse, asustarse, tener miedo, adoptar una actitud cobarde.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arrugar
- arrugo first-person present singular
- arrugué first-person preterite singular
- arrugado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- arrugando gerund
- arrugada feminine participle past
- arrugados masculine participle past
- arrugadas feminine participle past
- arrugas indicative informal present
- arrugás indicative informal present
- arruga indicative present singular
- arrugamos first-person indicative plural
- arrugáis indicative plural present
- arrugan indicative plural present
- arrugaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arrugabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arrugábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arrugabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrugar?
- /aruˈɡaɾ/
- [a.ruˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [aruˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arrugar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arrugar in Spanish?
arrugar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).