arregar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/
arregar is spelled A-R-R-E-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arregar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desistir, parar o que começou, ceder”.
What does arregar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilcolloquialto cower
- 2
Brazilcolloquialto give up, to capitulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desistir, parar o que começou, ceder
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo arregar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo arregar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo arregar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo arregar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arregar
- arrego first-person present singular
- arreguei first-person preterite singular
- arregado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- arregares infinitive second-person singular
- arregarmos first-person infinitive plural
- arregardes infinitive plural second-person
- arregarem infinitive plural third-person
- arregando gerund
- arregados masculine participle past
- arregada feminine participle past
- arregadas feminine participle past
- arregas indicative present second-person
- arrega indicative present singular
- arregamos first-person indicative plural
- arregais indicative plural present
- arregam indicative plural present
- arregava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arregar?
- Brazil /a.ʁeˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.heˈɡa(h)]
- /a.ʁeˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arregar in Portuguese?
arregar appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).