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Galician
Etymology
From a- + Vulgar Latin *recaptiare.[1] Compare Portuguese arregaçar and Spanish arregazar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reɡaˈθaɾ/, (western) /reɡaˈsaɾ/
Verb
arregazar (first-person singular present arregazo, first-person singular preterite arregacei, past participle arregazado)
- (transitive) to tuck in, hike up (a skirt, dress)
- Synonyms: abadar, recachar, remangar
Conjugation
Conjugation of arregazar (c-z alternation)
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arregazar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arregazar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arregazar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish arregaçar, from a- + regaçar, from Vulgar Latin *recaptiāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /areɡaˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /areɡaˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧rre‧ga‧zar
Verb
arregazar (first-person singular present arregazo, first-person singular preterite arregacé, past participle arregazado)
- (transitive) to tuck in; hike up (a skirt, dress)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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