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) (transitive) to add (transitive) to pile (transitive) to bring close (transitive) to support (transitive, colloquial) to beat (pronominal, colloquial) to live together (pronominal) to lean, to get near (pronominal) to search for support or protection ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== achegar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “arrymar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (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 (in Galician), 2014–2026 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/ === Verb === arrimar (nautical) to stow, belay ==== Conjugation ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from French arrimer or from a- +‎ rima +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ar‧ri‧mar === Verb === arrimar (first-person singular present arrimo, first-person singular preterite arrimei, past participle arrimado) (transitive) to pile up Synonym: empilhar (transitive) to support Synonym: sustentar (colloquial, transitive) to beat Synonym: bater (pronominal) to lean [with a ‘on someone/something’] Synonym: encostar (pronominal) to join, to ally oneself [with a ‘with someone/something’] (pronominal) to depend, to rely [with em ‘on someone/something’] (pronominal) to be based [with em ‘on someone/something’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “arrimar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “arrimar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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. If so, it may be related to arrumar (“to load cargo”). === 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) (transitive) to draw near Synonyms: acercar, avecinar (transitive) to hang up (give up doing an activity) (transitive) to thwack; bash; hit (intransitive, pronominal) to live in sin (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “arrimar”, 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 “arrimar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010