arronsar

Unknown. Perhaps from Arabic الرَّمْز (ar-ramz, “nod, sign, hint”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.runˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ronˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ronˈsaɾ]

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arronsar (first-person singular present arronso, first-person singular preterite arronsí, past participle arronsat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to contract
2. (transitive) to shrug

   Synonym: arrupir-se

   arronsar les espatlles ― to shrug the shoulders

3. (figurative, pronominal) to shy away

• estira-i-arronsa
• ronsa

• “arronsar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007