rolar

• rular

From Old French roeler, from Medieval Latin rotulare (“to roll", "revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”). Doublet of roldar.

• IPA^(key):

rolar (first-person singular present rolo, first-person singular preterite rolei, past participle rolado)

1. to tumble; to roll

   Synonym: rodar

2. (nautical) to change direction or course

   Synonym: virar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rolar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rolar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “rolar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rolar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from French rouler, from Old French roler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll, to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”).

• Hyphenation: ro‧lar

rolar (first-person singular present rolo, first-person singular preterite rolei, past participle rolado)

1. to roll (to revolve or cause to revolve)

   Synonyms: girar, virar, rodar, rodopiar

   rolar os dados ― roll the dice

2. (of a vehicle with wheels) to move
3. to roam; to wander

   Synonyms: passear, perambular, vaguear, vagar, rondar

4. (Brazil, slang) to happen

   Synonyms: acontecer, ocorrer, haver, ter

   Não viu o caos que rolou no show de Taylor Swift pelo calor?

   Didn't you see the chaos that happened at Taylor Swift's concert 'cause of the heat?

   • 2001, “Festa”, in Festa, performed by Ivete Sangalo:

     Avisou... Avisou... Avisou... Avisou...
     Que vai rolar a festa! Vai rolar!
     O povo do gueto mandou avisar...
     Que vai rolar a festa! Vai rolar!
     

     (She) warned... (She) warned... (She) warned... (She) warned...
     That the party will happen! It will happen!
     The ghetto people told (her) to warn us...
     That the party will happen! It will happen!

5. (Brazil, slang, of (often illegal) objects, etc.) to circulate

   Synonym: circular

   Rola droga aqui nessas bandas.

   Drugs circulate in this area.

• rola-bosta

• IPA^(key): /roˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧lar

rolar (first-person singular present rolo, first-person singular preterite rolé, past participle rolado)

1. to veer round

• “rolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014