arrombar

• arrumar, arrumbar

Obscure. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy”).

• IPA^(key): /aromˈβaɾ/, /arumˈβaɾ/

arrombar (first-person singular present arrombo, first-person singular preterite arrombei, past participle arrombado)

1. (intransitive) to take up room
2. (pronominal) to cope or manage oneself placement
3. (transitive) to set something aside for making room
4. (transitive) to take away something
5. (transitive) to order, to tidy up
6. (informal, transitive) to impregnate

• (to take up room): avultar
• (to put aside): apartar
• (to order): arranxar
• (to impregnate): preñar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrombar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrumbar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrombar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrumbar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “arrombar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrombar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From a- +‎ rombo (“hole”) +‎ -ar. First attested in c. 15th century. It is not related to Galician arrombar.

• Hyphenation: ar‧rom‧bar

arrombar (first-person singular present arrombo, first-person singular preterite arrombei, past participle arrombado)

1. (transitive) to batter (to break down a door or other barrier)
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 180:

     Se você não abrir a porta, vamos arrombá-la!

     If you are not going to open the door, we will break it down!

2. (transitive) to break in (to enter a place by force)
3. (transitive) to force (to forcibly open a door, lock etc.)
4. (transitive) to make a hole in
5. (transitive, figurative, vulgar) to humiliate
6. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) to have anal sex
7. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) to defeat

• “arrombar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “arrombar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “arrombar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025