corrugate

English

Etymology

From Latin corrūgō (“I wrinkle; I corrugate”), from con- + rūga (“furrow”). Compare Spanish acurrucar (“to snuggle; to curl up because of the cold; to huddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹʊɡeɪt/

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Verb

corrugate (third-person singular simple present corrugates, present participle corrugating, simple past and past participle corrugated)

1. (of the skin) To wrinkle.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. To fold into parallel folds, grooves or ridges.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• corrugated

Related terms

• corrugation

Translations

(of the skin) to wrinkle

• Bulgarian: набръчквам се (bg) (nabrǎčkvam se)
• Dutch: rimpelen (nl)
• Finnish: rypistää
• German: runzeln (de) (reflexive), schrumpeln (de), verschrumpeln (de)
• Hungarian: ráncolódik (hu), ráncosodik (hu), ráncos lesz
• Russian: мо́рщиться (ru) (mórščitʹsja)

to fold into parallel folds

• Bulgarian: нагъвам (bg) (nagǎvam), надиплям (bg) (nadipljam)
• Dutch: plooien (nl)
• Finnish: poimuttaa (fi), aallottaa (fi)
• German: wellen (de) (reflexive), riffeln (reflexive)
• Hungarian: hullámosodik, hullámos lesz
• Russian: гофрировать (ru) (gofrirovatʹ), скла́дывать (ru) (skládyvatʹ)
• Spanish: corrugar (es)
• Swedish: korrugera (sv), vecka (sv)

Adjective

corrugate (comparative more corrugate, superlative most corrugate)

1. (obsolete) corrugated; wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

corrugate

1. inflection of corrugare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

corrugate f pl

1. feminine plural of corrugato

Latin

Verb

corrūgāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corrūgō

Spanish

Verb

corrugate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of corrugar combined with te