arruga

See also: arrugá

Catalan

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ ruga.

Alternative forms

• ruga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈru.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [aˈru.ɣa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

arruga f (plural arrugues)

1. wrinkle, crease

   Ja li han sortit arrugues a la cara. ― Wrinkles have already appeared on his/her face.

Derived terms

• arrugar

Related terms

• rua

Further reading

• “arruga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arruga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “arruga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “arruga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 2

Verb

arruga

1. inflection of arrugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• eruga, ruga, berruca, ferruga, orruca, verruga, rugaruga

Etymology

From Latin eruca.

Noun

arruga f (plural erugas)

1. alternative form of ruga

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈruɡa/ [aˈru.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: a‧rru‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from arrugar.

Noun

arruga f (plural arrugas)

1. wrinkle

   Alternative forms: ruga, enruga, engurra

   Hyponym: patas de gallo

Derived terms

• antiarrugas

Etymology 2

Verb

arruga

1. inflection of arrugar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arruga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025