arrochar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁɔˈʃa(ʁ)/
arrochar is spelled A-R-R-O-C-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrochar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apertar com muita força; comprimir; conter”.
What does arrochar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tighten
- 2
Brazilto dance arrocha
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. apertar com muita força; comprimir; conter 2. realizar ato sexual 3. ficar
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 arrochar
- arrocho first-person present singular
- arrochei first-person preterite singular
- arrochado participle past
- arrochares infinitive second-person singular
- arrocharmos first-person infinitive plural
- arrochardes infinitive plural second-person
- arrocharem infinitive plural third-person
- arrochando gerund
- arrochados masculine participle past
- arrochada feminine participle past
- arrochadas feminine participle past
- arrochas indicative present second-person
- arrocha indicative present singular
- arrochamos first-person indicative plural
- arrochais indicative plural present
- arrocham indicative plural present
- arrochava first-person imperfect indicative
- arrochavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrochar?
- Brazil /a.ʁɔˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.hɔˈʃa(h)]
- Brazil /a.ʁoˈʃa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrochar in Portuguese?
arrochar appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).