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o arrego

payoff, bribe, mercy

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noun · masculine Rare #35,794
payoff, bribe Colloquial; often refers to an illicit payment, such as money paid to authorities for protection.
PO: O traficante pagou um arrego aos policiais.
EN: The drug dealer paid the police a payoff.
mercy Used especially in the expression pedir arrego, meaning to give up or ask for mercy.
PO: Depois de correr tanto, pedi arrego.
EN: After running so much, I gave up.

Quando o arrego é magro, menino, o amor acaba.

When the payoff is small, boy, love runs out.

— Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro (2010)

Eu pedi arrego.

I surrendered.

Ele vai lá pegar o arrego do tráfico.

He's going there to collect the bribe from the drug dealers.

— Tropa de Elite (2007)

Não tem pedido, nem arrego.

No surrender, no backing down.

— O Bandido da Luz Vermelha (1968)

O maior arrego do Coronel Otávio.

Colonel Otávio’s biggest backdown.

— Tropa de Elite (2007)

Leva lá o arrego lá pros homens.

Take the payoff over to the guys.

— Tropa de Elite (2007)

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apego ɐ p e ɡ u