arrulhar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁuˈʎa(ʁ)/
arrulhar is spelled A-R-R-U-L-H-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrulhar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to coo (make a soft murmuring sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cantar como as rolas e os pombos”.
What does arrulhar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coo (make a soft murmuring sound)
- 2
to murmur sweet, tender words
- 3
to sing lullabies to children
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cantar como as rolas e os pombos 2. galantear alguém 3. acalentar crianças
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 arrulhar
- arrulho first-person present singular
- arrulhei first-person preterite singular
- arrulhado participle past
- arrulhares infinitive second-person singular
- arrulharmos first-person infinitive plural
- arrulhardes infinitive plural second-person
- arrulharem infinitive plural third-person
- arrulhando gerund
- arrulhados masculine participle past
- arrulhada feminine participle past
- arrulhadas feminine participle past
- arrulhas indicative present second-person
- arrulha indicative present singular
- arrulhamos first-person indicative plural
- arrulhais indicative plural present
- arrulham indicative plural present
- arrulhava first-person imperfect indicative
- arrulhavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrulhar?
- Brazil /a.ʁuˈʎa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.huˈʎa(h)]
- Portugal /ɐ.Ru.ˈʎaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arrulhar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arrulhar in Portuguese?
arrulhar appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).