arrego
Portuguese, noun/aˈʁe.ɡu/
arrego is spelled A-R-R-E-G-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrego is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “act of giving up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of arregar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de render-se, entregar-se”.
What does arrego mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilinformalmasculineact of giving up
- 2
Brazilinformalmasculinea bribe
interjection
- 1
BrazilinformalUsed to ask for mercy and to surrender.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of arregar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de render-se, entregar-se 2. exprime impaciência, irritação 3. combinação, acerto, ajuste
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 arrego
- arregos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrego?
- Brazil /aˈʁe.ɡu/
- Brazil [aˈhe.ɡu]
- /aˈʁe.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrego in Portuguese?
arrego appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).