arrombar

Galician

Alternative forms

• arrumar, arrumbar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aromˈβaɾ/, /arumˈβaɾ/

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to take up room
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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

Conjugation

Synonyms

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

References

• “arrombar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “arrumbar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “arrombar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “arrumbar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “arrombar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “arrombar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ar‧rom‧bar

Verb

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)
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

Conjugation

References

• “arrombar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “arrombar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “arrombar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.