arcar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• arquear, arquejar

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ar‧car

Etymology 1

From arca (“ark”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

arcar (first-person singular present arco, first-person singular preterite arquei, past participle arcado)

1. (transitive with com) to shoulder
2. (transitive with com) to afford
3. (transitive or intransitive) to tussle
4. (intransitive) to pant (to breathe quickly)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Latin arcuāre (“to bend like a bow”). By surface analysis, arco (“arch”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

arcar (first-person singular present arco, first-person singular preterite arquei, past participle arcado)

1. (intransitive) to bow (become bent)
2. (transitive) to bow (bend a thing)
3. (transitive) to hoop (to bind using a hoop)

Conjugation

Further reading

• “arcar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “arcar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “arcar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “arcar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Probably from arc +‎ -ar or possibly from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“maker of bows”), from Latin arcus.

Noun

arcar m (plural arcari)

1. (archaic) maker or vendor of bows

Declension

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