What does roçar in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word roçar in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use roçar in Portuguese.

The word roçar in Portuguese means brush, scrape, cut, , be near to, roçar, friccionar, esfregar, machucar, roçar, toque, roçar em, encostar em, rocar, rocar, enrocar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word roçar

brush

verbo transitivo (encostar de leve)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

scrape

verbo transitivo (esfregar superfícies)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

cut

verbo transitivo (cortar mato com foice)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

be near to

verbo transitivo (estar perto de, aproximar-se)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

roçar

verbal expression (come into slight contact with)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)

friccionar, esfregar

intransitive verb (skin: be rubbed) (pele)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Distance running is fun, but it makes me chafe.

machucar

intransitive verb (shoes, etc.: hurt skin) (sapato)

Os novos sapatos de Alison estão machucando.
Alison's new shoes are rubbing.

roçar

transitive verb (touch lightly) (tocar levemente)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
Ela roçou meu braço gentilmente com a parte de trás de sua mão.
She gently brushed my arm with the back of her hand.

toque

noun (touch)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
The pink-flowered Touch-Me-Not closes its leaves at the slightest graze of a hand.

roçar em, encostar em

verbal expression (touch) (tocar)

(verbo transitivo: Verbos que possuem complemento, direto ou indireto. Ex. "oferecer ajuda", "gostar de música", etc.)
I brushed up against him just as he was leaving.

rocar

intransitive verb (chess move) (xadrez)

He castled to protect the king.

rocar, enrocar

transitive verb (chess move)

He castled the king to protect him.

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