arriar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.riˈa]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.riˈaɾ]
=== Etymology 1 ===
Variant of arrear.
==== Verb ====
arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arrií, past participle arriat)
(transitive) to lower, to bring down (using a rope)
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
arriada
=== Etymology 2 ===
From arri + -ar.
==== Verb ====
arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arrií, past participle arriat)
(transitive) to giddyup, to urge forward (of animals)
(transitive) to tow
=== Further reading ===
“arriar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“arriar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“arriar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arriei, past participle arriado)
(transitive, nautical) to lower (a sail, a flag)
Synonyms: baixar, abaixar
(transitive) to put in the ground
(transitive, colloquial) to beat up
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
arriar o calhau
=== References ===
“arriar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“arriar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From arrear.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˈrjaɾ/ [aˈrjaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧rriar
=== Verb ===
arriar (first-person singular present arrío, first-person singular preterite arrié, past participle arriado)
(transitive) to lower (e.g. a flag)
(transitive, nautical) to release, let go, loose (a line, a chain)
(transitive) to flood
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“arriar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025