arruar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁuˈa(ʁ)/
arruar is spelled A-R-R-U-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese, the 258,761st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arruar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to align (as a pattern of streets)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “traçar, demarcar e abrir ruas”.
What does arruar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to align (as a pattern of streets)
- 2
to loaf
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. traçar, demarcar e abrir ruas 2. dividir ou distribuir em ruas 3. alinhar 4. sair à rua; passear
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 arruar
- arruo first-person present singular
- arruei first-person preterite singular
- arruado participle past
- arruares infinitive second-person singular
- arruarmos first-person infinitive plural
- arruardes infinitive plural second-person
- arruarem infinitive plural third-person
- arruando gerund
- arruados masculine participle past
- arruada feminine participle past
- arruadas feminine participle past
- arruas indicative present second-person
- arrua indicative present singular
- arruamos first-person indicative plural
- arruais indicative plural present
- arruam indicative plural present
- arruava first-person imperfect indicative
- arruavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arruar?
- Brazil /a.ʁuˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.huˈa(h)]
- Brazil /aˈʁwa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arruar in Portuguese?
arruar appears about once in every 91 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).