frottera

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frottera

1. third-person singular future of frotter

From French frotter, suffixed with -era.

frottera (present frotterar, preterite frotterade, supine frotterat, imperative frottera)

1. rub
2. (reflexive) rub shoulders, rub elbows

   han frotterar sig med societeten ― he rubs elbows with high society

In the reflexive form frottera sig, typically with the implication that it is done out of vanity or in order to gain advantages.

• “frottera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “frottera”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “frottera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• frottera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)