arriar o calhau
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “to lower the stone”
Verb
arriar o calhau (first-person singular present arrio o calhau, first-person singular preterite arriei o calhau, past participle arriado o calhau)
- (Portugal, idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) to take a dump
- Synonym: cagar
Further reading
- “arriar o calhau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026