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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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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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