arrego
English translation: Fear (Nesse caso)
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| 4 | to beg for mercy |
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| 4 | to surrender |
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| 4 | to give up |
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| 4 | Fear (Nesse caso, arrego é sinônimo de medo) |
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| 3 | bribe |
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to beg for mercy Explanation: É uma expressão popular também usada como "pedir arrego" |
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to surrender Explanation: suggestion |
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to give up Explanation: Resumohttp://books.google.com/books?id=__n8tBKIO-IC&pg=PA389&lpg=P... http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1866612 There isa slang expression — “arrego, pedir arrego” — or “giving it up.” For example, you cannot hold a funk dance without paying off the police. If you oppose the scheme, you die. http://tupiwire.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/upps-impose-state-o... |
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Fear (Nesse caso, arrego é sinônimo de medo) Explanation: Jogar o medo fora. Throw one's fear away. A partir daquele dia não sentiria mais medo. As of that day, she'd no longer feel any fear. |
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bribe Explanation: In Brazil "arrego" is also used to describe a bribe paid by drug-dealers to the police. Another similar interpretation is when the (corrupt) police charges a bribe from the people to keep an area safe. This is also called "arrego" https://www.otempo.com.br/capa/brasil/caderno-do-tr%C3%A1fico-traz-pagamento-de-arrego-1.342743 |
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