arriba

See also: arribá and arribà

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ad rīpam.

Adverb

arriba

1. up (away from earth’s centre)

Catalan

Verb

arriba

1. inflection of arribar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

arriba

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁi.bɐ/ [aˈhi.bɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁi.bɐ/ [aˈhi.bɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈʁi.bɐ/ [aˈχi.bɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁi.ba/ [aˈhi.ba]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁi.bɐ/ [ɐˈʁi.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -ibɐ
• Hyphenation: ar‧ri‧ba

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese arriba, from Latin ad (“at”) + rīpam (“coast, bank”). Cognate with Spanish arriba.

Adverb

arriba

1. (dated or dialectal) up (away from earth’s centre)

Descendants

• Macanese: riva

Noun

arriba f (plural arribas)

1. cliff

Related terms

• riba
• ribeira
• ribeiro

Interjection

arriba!

1. come on!
2. up!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arriba

1. inflection of arribar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈriba/ [aˈri.β̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: a‧rri‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ad (“at”) + rīpam (“coast, bank”).

Adverb

arriba

1. above, over
2. up; uphill; upstream; upstairs

   Todavía está arriba.

   He is still upstairs.

Antonyms

• abajo

Derived terms

• boca arriba
• cuesta arriba
• de arriba
• hacia arriba
• para arriba y para abajo
• patas arriba
• quark arriba
• río arriba

 

Related terms

• riba
• ribera
• ribero

 

Interjection

arriba

1. come on!
2. hurray for (someone)!
3. up with

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arriba

1. inflection of arribar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arriba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28