arrufar

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • arrufir

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

Verb

arrufar (first-person singular present arrufo, past participle arrufat)

  1. (transitive) to wrinkle, to crinkle
    Synonym: arrugar
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand on end, to bristle

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Further reading


Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese arrufar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Probably from a Germanic language: compare English ruffle, Icelandic hrufla.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aruˈfaɾ/

Verb

arrufar (first-person singular present arrufo, first-person singular preterite arrufei, past participle arrufado)

  1. to incite; to embolden
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get cocky

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References

  • arrufar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • arruf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • arrufar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • arrufar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • arrufar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “rufián”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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