sobraçar

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Portuguese

Mulher sobraçando um cão. — Woman carrying a dog under her arm.

Etymology

From so- (sub-) +‎ braço (arm) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

sobraçar (first-person singular present sobraço, first-person singular preterite sobracei, past participle sobraçado)

  1. to carry under one’s arm
    • 2007, Ib Kern, Não há anjos no poder: Histórias vivas de um repórter, AGE Editora, page 64:
      Voltamos à casa sobraçando volumosos ramalhetes.
      We went back home carrying bulky bouquets under our arms.
  2. (figurative) to support a cause or idea
    • 1986, Alberto Dines, O papel do jornal: uma releitura, 8th edition, Summus Editorial, page 27:
      O cientificismo daqueles anos 60 trazia para as redações magotes de jovens universitários sobraçando todas as doutrinas da informação, mas sem qualquer treinamento subjetivo e sensorial.
      The scientificity of those sixties brought to the editorial staff crowds of young college students who supported all the doctrines of information, but without any subjective or sensory training.

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