arcar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
arquear, arquejar
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ar‧car
=== Etymology 1 ===
From arca (“ark”) + -ar.
==== Verb ====
arcar (first-person singular present arco, first-person singular preterite arquei, past participle arcado)
(intransitive) to shoulder [with com]
(intransitive) to afford [with com]
(transitive or intransitive) to tussle
(intransitive) to pant (to breathe quickly)
===== Conjugation =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Latin arcuāre (“to bend like a bow”). By surface analysis, arco (“arch”) + -ar.
==== Verb ====
arcar (first-person singular present arco, first-person singular preterite arquei, past participle arcado)
(intransitive) to bow (become bent)
(transitive) to bow (bend a thing)
(transitive) to hoop (to bind using a hoop)
===== Conjugation =====
=== Further reading ===
“arcar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“arcar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“arcar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“arcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Probably from arc + -ar or possibly from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“maker of bows”), from Latin arcus.
=== Noun ===
arcar m (plural arcari)
(archaic) maker or vendor of bows
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
== Spanish ==
=== Verb ===
arcar (first-person singular present arco, first-person singular preterite arqué, past participle arcado)
synonym of arquear
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“arcar”, 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