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Uncertain.

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arrufar (first-person singular present arrufo, first-person singular preterite arrufí, 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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Galician edit

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

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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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  • 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 Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • 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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Uncertain. Probably from Old Galician-Portuguese arrufar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Probably from a Germanic language: compare English ruffle, Icelandic hrufla.

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  • Hyphenation: ar‧ru‧far

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

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to anger (to become or cause someone to become angry)
    Synonyms: enraivecer, irritar, zangar, enervar
    Antonym: acalmar

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