arcar

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Portuguese[edit]

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  • Hyphenation: ar‧car

Etymology 1[edit]

From arca (ark) +‎ -ar.

Verb[edit]

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)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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)
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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arcar m (plural arcari)

  1. (archaic) maker or vendor of bows

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