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revirar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
  • rummage verb To search through something messily, moving things aside carelessly.

Senses

revirar is used for these senses in English:

  • rifle (transitive) To search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
  • rummage (transitive) To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

rifle — full definition

  1. noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
  2. verb To search through something quickly and often carelessly, typically to steal something.

Related Portuguese words