arremolinar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ remolí +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.rə.mu.liˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.rə.mo.liˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.re.mo.liˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

arremolinar (first-person singular present arremolino, first-person singular preterite arremoliní, past participle arremolinat)

1. (transitive) to swirl
2. (reflexive) to mill around
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     El batibull de monstres s'arremolinava contra la porta.

     The tangle of monsters milled around against the door.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arremolinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arremolinar
gerund			arremolinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arremolinat		arremolinada
		plural		arremolinats		arremolinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arremolino	arremolines	arremolina	arremolinem	arremolineu	arremolinen
	imperfect	arremolinava	arremolinaves	arremolinava	arremolinàvem	arremolinàveu	arremolinaven
	future	arremolinaré	arremolinaràs	arremolinarà	arremolinarem	arremolinareu	arremolinaran
	preterite	arremoliní	arremolinares	arremolinà	arremolinàrem	arremolinàreu	arremolinaren
	conditional	arremolinaria	arremolinaries	arremolinaria	arremolinaríem	arremolinaríeu	arremolinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arremolini	arremolinis	arremolini	arremolinem	arremolineu	arremolinin
	imperfect	arremolinés	arremolinessis	arremolinés	arremolinéssim	arremolinéssiu	arremolinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arremolina	arremolini	arremolinem	arremolineu	arremolinin
	negative (no)	—	no arremolinis	no arremolini	no arremolinem	no arremolineu	no arremolinin

Derived terms

• arremolinada

Further reading

• “arremolinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arremolinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “arremolinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arremolinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ remolino +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aremoliˈnaɾ/ [a.re.mo.liˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rre‧mo‧li‧nar

Verb

arremolinar (first-person singular present arremolino, first-person singular preterite arremoliné, past participle arremolinado)

1. (transitive, also reflexive) to swirl
2. (reflexive) to pack together, to mill around

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arremolinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arremolinar
gerund			arremolinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arremolinado		arremolinada
		plural		arremolinados		arremolinadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arremolino	arremolinastú arremolinásvos	arremolina	arremolinamos	arremolináis	arremolinan
	imperfect	arremolinaba	arremolinabas	arremolinaba	arremolinábamos	arremolinabais	arremolinaban
	preterite	arremoliné	arremolinaste	arremolinó	arremolinamos	arremolinasteis	arremolinaron
	future	arremolinaré	arremolinarás	arremolinará	arremolinaremos	arremolinaréis	arremolinarán
	conditional	arremolinaría	arremolinarías	arremolinaría	arremolinaríamos	arremolinaríais	arremolinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arremoline	arremolinestú arremolinésvos2	arremoline	arremolinemos	arremolinéis	arremolinen
	imperfect (ra)	arremolinara	arremolinaras	arremolinara	arremolináramos	arremolinarais	arremolinaran
	imperfect (se)	arremolinase	arremolinases	arremolinase	arremolinásemos	arremolinaseis	arremolinasen
	future1	arremolinare	arremolinares	arremolinare	arremolináremos	arremolinareis	arremolinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arremolinatú arremolinávos	arremoline	arremolinemos	arremolinad	arremolinen
	negative		no arremolines	no arremoline	no arremolinemos	no arremolinéis	no arremolinen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arremolinar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arremolinar	dative	arremolinarme	arremolinarte	arremolinarle, arremolinarse	arremolinarnos	arremolinaros	arremolinarles, arremolinarse
	accusative	arremolinarme	arremolinarte	arremolinarlo, arremolinarla, arremolinarse	arremolinarnos	arremolinaros	arremolinarlos, arremolinarlas, arremolinarse
with gerund arremolinando	dative	arremolinándome	arremolinándote	arremolinándole, arremolinándose	arremolinándonos	arremolinándoos	arremolinándoles, arremolinándose
	accusative	arremolinándome	arremolinándote	arremolinándolo, arremolinándola, arremolinándose	arremolinándonos	arremolinándoos	arremolinándolos, arremolinándolas, arremolinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arremolina	dative	arremolíname	arremolínate	arremolínale	arremolínanos	not used	arremolínales
	accusative	arremolíname	arremolínate	arremolínalo, arremolínala	arremolínanos	not used	arremolínalos, arremolínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arremoliná	dative	arremoliname	arremolinate	arremolinale	arremolinanos	not used	arremolinales
	accusative	arremoliname	arremolinate	arremolinalo, arremolinala	arremolinanos	not used	arremolinalos, arremolinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arremoline	dative	arremolíneme	not used	arremolínele, arremolínese	arremolínenos	not used	arremolíneles
	accusative	arremolíneme	not used	arremolínelo, arremolínela, arremolínese	arremolínenos	not used	arremolínelos, arremolínelas
with first-person plural imperative arremolinemos	dative	not used	arremolinémoste	arremolinémosle	arremolinémonos	arremolinémoos	arremolinémosles
	accusative	not used	arremolinémoste	arremolinémoslo, arremolinémosla	arremolinémonos	arremolinémoos	arremolinémoslos, arremolinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arremolinad	dative	arremolinadme	not used	arremolinadle	arremolinadnos	arremolinaos	arremolinadles
	accusative	arremolinadme	not used	arremolinadlo, arremolinadla	arremolinadnos	arremolinaos	arremolinadlos, arremolinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arremolinen	dative	arremolínenme	not used	arremolínenle	arremolínennos	not used	arremolínenles, arremolínense
	accusative	arremolínenme	not used	arremolínenlo, arremolínenla	arremolínennos	not used	arremolínenlos, arremolínenlas, arremolínense

Further reading

• “arremolinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10