arrimar

Galician

Etymology

Locally documented circa 1300. Related to rima (“pile”), perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ad (“to”) + *rīmā (“number, count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ariˈmaɾ/ [a.riˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

arrimar (first-person singular present arrimo, first-person singular preterite arrimei, past participle arrimado)

1. (transitive) to add
2. (transitive) to pile
3. (transitive) to bring close
4. (transitive) to support
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 88:

     pensarõ que mellores moradas poderiam aver que as que aviam, et buscarõ mays sobre esto, et tomarõ madeyros que arrymarõ aas pẽnas et aas grandes aruores et cobriã aqueles madeyros dos rramos das aruores et das eruas

     they though that they could get better dwellings than that that they had, so they searched about this, and they took logs that they supported against boulders and against large trees, and they covered them with branches and grasses

5. (transitive, colloquial) to beat
6. (pronominal, colloquial) to live together
7. (pronominal) to lean, to get near
8. (pronominal) to search for support or protection

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrimar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrimar
Personal	arrimar	arrimares	arrimar	arrimarmos	arrimardes	arrimaren
Gerund
	arrimando
Past participle
Masculine	arrimado			arrimados
Feminine	arrimada			arrimadas
Indicative
Present	arrimo	arrimas	arrima	arrimamos	arrimades	arriman
Imperfect	arrimaba	arrimabas	arrimaba	arrimabamos	arrimabades	arrimaban
Preterite	arrimei	arrimaches	arrimou	arrimamos	arrimastes	arrimaron
Pluperfect	arrimara	arrimaras	arrimara	arrimaramos	arrimarades	arrimaran
Future	arrimarei	arrimarás	arrimará	arrimaremos	arrimaredes	arrimarán
Conditional	arrimaría	arrimarías	arrimaría	arrimariamos	arrimariades	arrimarían
Subjunctive
Present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimemos	arrimedes	arrimen
Imperfect	arrimase	arrimases	arrimase	arrimásemos	arrimásedes	arrimasen
Future	arrimar	arrimares	arrimar	arrimarmos	arrimardes	arrimaren
Imperative
Affirmative		arrima	arrime	arrimemos	arrimade	arrimen
Negative (non)		non arrimes	non arrime	non arrimemos	non arrimedes	non arrimen

    Reintegrated conjugation of arrimar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrimar
Personal	arrimar	arrimares	arrimar	arrimarmos	arrimardes	arrimarem
Gerund
	arrimando
Past participle
Masculine	arrimado			arrimados
Feminine	arrimada			arrimadas
Indicative
Present	arrimo	arrimas	arrima	arrimamos	arrimades, arrimais	arrimam
Imperfect	arrimava	arrimavas	arrimava	arrimávamos	arrimávades, arrimáveis, arrimávais1	arrimavam
Preterite	arrimei	arrimaste, arrimache1	arrimou	arrimamos	arrimastes	arrimárom, arrimaram
Pluperfect	arrimara	arrimaras	arrimara	arrimáramos	arrimárades, arrimáreis, arrimárais1	arrimaram
Future	arrimarei	arrimarás	arrimará	arrimaremos	arrimaredes, arrimareis	arrimarám, arrimarão
Conditional	arrimaria	arrimarias	arrimaria	arrimaríamos	arrimaríades, arrimaríeis, arrimaríais1	arrimariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimemos	arrimedes, arrimeis	arrimem
Imperfect	arrimasse	arrimasses	arrimasse	arrimássemos	arrimássedes, arrimásseis	arrimassem
Future	arrimar	arrimares	arrimar	arrimarmos	arrimardes	arrimarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arrima	arrime	arrimemos	arrimade, arrimai	arrimem
Negative (nom)		nom arrimes	nom arrime	nom arrimemos	nom arrimedes, nom arrimeis	nom arrimem

¹Less recommended.

Synonyms

• achegar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arrymar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrimar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “arrimar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “arrimar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrimar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.riˈma/

• Audio:

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Verb

arrimar

1. (nautical) to stow, belay

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		arrimar			aver arrimat
gerund		arrimant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		arrimat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	arrimi	arrimas	arrima	arrimam	arrimatz	arriman
	imperfect	arrimavi	arrimavas	arrimava	arrimàvem	arrimàvetz	arrimavan
	preterite	arrimèri	arrimères	arrimèt	arrimèrem	arrimèretz	arrimèron
	future	arrimarai	arrimaràs	arrimarà	arrimarem	arrimaretz	arrimaràn
	conditional	arrimariái	arrimariás	arrimariá	arrimariam	arrimariatz	arrimarián
	conditional 2nd form1	arrimèra	arrimèras	arrimèra	arrimeram	arrimeratz	arrimèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimem	arrimetz	arrimen
	imperfect	arrimèssi	arrimèsses	arrimèsse	arrimèssem	arrimèssetz	arrimèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			arrima		arrimem	arrimatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		arrimar			aver arrimat
gerund		arrimant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		arrimat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	arrime	arrimes	arrima	arrimam	arrimatz	arrimon
	imperfect	arrimave	arrimaves	arrimava	arrimaviam	arrimaviatz	arrimavon
	preterite	arrimere	arrimeres	arrimet	arrimem	arrimetz	arrimeron
	future	arrimarai	arrimaràs	arrimará	arrimarem	arrimaretz	arrimarán
	conditional	arrimariá	arrimariás	arrimariá	arrimariam	arrimariatz	arrimarián
	conditional 2nd form1	arrimèra	arrimèras	arrimèra	arrimeram	arrimeratz	arrimèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimassiam	arrimassiatz	arrimon
	imperfect	arrimesse	arrimesses	arrimesse	arrimessiam	arrimessiatz	arrimesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			arrima		arrimassiam	arrimatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		arrimar			aver arrimat
gerund		arrimant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		arrimat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	arrimi	arrimas	arrima	arrimam	arrimatz	arriman
	imperfect	arrimavi	arrimavas	arrimava	arrimàvam	arrimàvatz	arrimavan
	preterite	arrimèi	arrimès	arrimè	arrimèm	arrimètz	arrimèn
	future	arrimarèi	arrimaràs	arrimarà	arrimaram	arrimaratz	arrimaràn
	conditional	arrimarí	arrimarés	arrimaré	arrimarem	arrimaretz	arrimarén
	conditional 2nd form1	arrimèra	arrimèras	arrimèra	arrimeram	arrimeratz	arrimèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	arrimi	arrimes	arrime	arrimem	arrimetz	arrimen
	imperfect	arrimèssi	arrimèsses	arrimèsse	arrimèssem	arrimèssetz	arrimèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			arrima		arrimem	arrimatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		arrimar			aver arrimat
gerund		arrimant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		arrimat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	arrime	arrimas	arrima	arrimam	arrimatz	arriman
	imperfect	arrimava	arrimavas	arrimava	arrimàvam	arrimàvatz	arrimavan
	preterite	arrimei	arrimeras	arrimet	arrimèram	arrimèratz	arrimeran
	future	arrimarai	arrimaràs	arrimará	arrimarem	arrimaretz	arrimarán
	conditional	arrimariá	arrimariàs	arrimariá	arrimariam	arrimariatz	arrimarián
	conditional 2nd form1	arrimèra	arrimèras	arrimèra	arrimeram	arrimeratz	arrimèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimem	arrimetz	arrimen
	imperfect	arrimèsse	arrimèsses	arrimèsse	arrimèssem	arrimèssetz	arrimèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			arrima		arrimem	arrimatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		arrimar			aver arrimat
gerund		arrimant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		arrimat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	arrime	arrimes	arrima	arrimam	arrimatz	arriman
	imperfect	arrimavi	arrimavas	arrimava	arrimàvem	arrimàvetz	arrimavan
	preterite	arrimère	arrimères	arrimèt	arrimeriam	arrimeriatz	arrimèron
	future	arrimarai	arrimaràs	arrimarà	arrimarem	arrimaretz	arrimaràn
	conditional	arrimariáu	arrimariás	arrimariá	arrimariam	arrimariatz	arrimarián
	conditional 2nd form1	arrimèra	arrimèras	arrimèra	arrimeram	arrimeratz	arrimèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimem	arrimetz	arriman
	imperfect	arrimèsse	arrimèsses	arrimèsse	arrimessiam	arrimessiatz	arrimèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			arrima		arrimem	arrimatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French arrimer or from a- +‎ rima +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈma(ʁ)/ [a.hiˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈma(ʁ)/ [a.hiˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈma(ɾ)/ [a.hiˈma(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈma(ʁ)/ [a.χiˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁiˈma(ɻ)/ [a.hiˈma(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁiˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁiˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁiˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ri‧mar

Verb

arrimar (first-person singular present arrimo, first-person singular preterite arrimei, past participle arrimado)

1. (transitive) to pile up

   Synonym: empilhar

2. (transitive) to support

   Synonym: sustentar

3. (colloquial, transitive) to beat

   Synonym: bater

4. (pronominal) to lean [with a ‘on someone/something’]

   Synonym: encostar

5. (pronominal) to join, to ally oneself [with a ‘with someone/something’]
6. (pronominal) to depend, to rely [with em ‘on someone/something’]
7. (pronominal) to be based [with em ‘on someone/something’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrimar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrimar
Personal	arrimar	arrimares	arrimar	arrimarmos	arrimardes	arrimarem
Gerund
	arrimando
Past participle
Masculine	arrimado			arrimados
Feminine	arrimada			arrimadas
Indicative
Present	arrimo	arrimas	arrima	arrimamos	arrimais	arrimam
Imperfect	arrimava	arrimavas	arrimava	arrimávamos	arrimáveis	arrimavam
Preterite	arrimei	arrimaste	arrimou	arrimamos1, arrimámos2	arrimastes	arrimaram
Pluperfect	arrimara	arrimaras	arrimara	arrimáramos	arrimáreis	arrimaram
Future	arrimarei	arrimarás	arrimará	arrimaremos	arrimareis	arrimarão
Conditional	arrimaria	arrimarias	arrimaria	arrimaríamos	arrimaríeis	arrimariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrime	arrimes	arrime	arrimemos	arrimeis	arrimem
Imperfect	arrimasse	arrimasses	arrimasse	arrimássemos	arrimásseis	arrimassem
Future	arrimar	arrimares	arrimar	arrimarmos	arrimardes	arrimarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arrima	arrime	arrimemos	arrimai	arrimem
Negative (não)		não arrimes	não arrime	não arrimemos	não arrimeis	não arrimem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Portuguese arrimar (“to support, join”) or Galician arrimar (“to add, bring close”); see those entries for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ariˈmaɾ/ [a.riˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rri‧mar

Verb

arrimar (first-person singular present arrimo, first-person singular preterite arrimé, past participle arrimado)

1. (transitive) to draw near

   Synonyms: acercar, avecinar

2. (transitive) to hang up (give up doing an activity)
3. (transitive) to thwack; bash; hit
4. (intransitive, pronominal) to live in sin
5. (intransitive, pronominal, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina) to stay living on someone's elses house at the expense of them; to live in a person's house by freeloading

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrimar
gerund			arrimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrimado		arrimada
		plural		arrimados		arrimadas
		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	arrimo	arrimastú arrimásvos	arrima	arrimamos	arrimáis	arriman
	imperfect	arrimaba	arrimabas	arrimaba	arrimábamos	arrimabais	arrimaban
	preterite	arrimé	arrimaste	arrimó	arrimamos	arrimasteis	arrimaron
	future	arrimaré	arrimarás	arrimará	arrimaremos	arrimaréis	arrimarán
	conditional	arrimaría	arrimarías	arrimaría	arrimaríamos	arrimaríais	arrimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrime	arrimestú arrimésvos2	arrime	arrimemos	arriméis	arrimen
	imperfect (ra)	arrimara	arrimaras	arrimara	arrimáramos	arrimarais	arrimaran
	imperfect (se)	arrimase	arrimases	arrimase	arrimásemos	arrimaseis	arrimasen
	future1	arrimare	arrimares	arrimare	arrimáremos	arrimareis	arrimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrimatú arrimávos	arrime	arrimemos	arrimad	arrimen
	negative		no arrimes	no arrime	no arrimemos	no arriméis	no arrimen

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

    Selected combined forms of arrimar

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 arrimar	dative	arrimarme	arrimarte	arrimarle, arrimarse	arrimarnos	arrimaros	arrimarles, arrimarse
	accusative	arrimarme	arrimarte	arrimarlo, arrimarla, arrimarse	arrimarnos	arrimaros	arrimarlos, arrimarlas, arrimarse
with gerund arrimando	dative	arrimándome	arrimándote	arrimándole, arrimándose	arrimándonos	arrimándoos	arrimándoles, arrimándose
	accusative	arrimándome	arrimándote	arrimándolo, arrimándola, arrimándose	arrimándonos	arrimándoos	arrimándolos, arrimándolas, arrimándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arrima	dative	arrímame	arrímate	arrímale	arrímanos	not used	arrímales
	accusative	arrímame	arrímate	arrímalo, arrímala	arrímanos	not used	arrímalos, arrímalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrimá	dative	arrimame	arrimate	arrimale	arrimanos	not used	arrimales
	accusative	arrimame	arrimate	arrimalo, arrimala	arrimanos	not used	arrimalos, arrimalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrime	dative	arrímeme	not used	arrímele, arrímese	arrímenos	not used	arrímeles
	accusative	arrímeme	not used	arrímelo, arrímela, arrímese	arrímenos	not used	arrímelos, arrímelas
with first-person plural imperative arrimemos	dative	not used	arrimémoste	arrimémosle	arrimémonos	arrimémoos	arrimémosles
	accusative	not used	arrimémoste	arrimémoslo, arrimémosla	arrimémonos	arrimémoos	arrimémoslos, arrimémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrimad	dative	arrimadme	not used	arrimadle	arrimadnos	arrimaos	arrimadles
	accusative	arrimadme	not used	arrimadlo, arrimadla	arrimadnos	arrimaos	arrimadlos, arrimadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrimen	dative	arrímenme	not used	arrímenle	arrímennos	not used	arrímenles, arrímense
	accusative	arrímenme	not used	arrímenlo, arrímenla	arrímennos	not used	arrímenlos, arrímenlas, arrímense

Derived terms

• arrimar el ascua a su sardina
• arrimar el hombro
• arrimar la cebolleta
• arrimo
• arrimón
• arrumbar
• quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija

 

Further reading

• “arrimar”, 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
• “arrimar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010