arrojar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish arrojar, from Latin rotāre. === Pronunciation === === Verb === arrojar (first-person singular present arrojo, first-person singular preterite arrojei, past participle arrojado) (transitive) to throw (cause an object to move rapidly through the air) Synonyms: arremessar, lançar, deitar (transitive) to drag Synonym: arrastar (pronominal) to throw oneself (pronominal) to crawl (pronominal, figurative) to dare Synonym: arriscar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== arrojado arrojo === Further reading === “arrojar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “arrojar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrot(u)lāre, *rotulāre, from Latin rotāre (“to turn, to wheel”). The lack of diphthongization (**arruejo) is due to the palatalization of the -tl- > -cl- cluster to [ʎ], then Old Spanish [ʒ], raising the previous vowel to close [o] — compare Latin oculus, which gave rise to Spanish ojo (not **huejo). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aroˈxaɾ/ [a.roˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧rro‧jar === Verb === arrojar (first-person singular present arrojo, first-person singular preterite arrojé, past participle arrojado) (Latin America or formal) (transitive) to throw, to hurl, to toss, to fling (cause an object to move rapidly through the air) Synonyms: tirar, lanzar (transitive) to emit (to send out or give off) Synonym: echar (transitive) to eject, to kick out (to compel (a person or persons) to leave) Synonyms: echar, expulsar (transitive) to yield, to produce; to shed (light) on arrojar dudas sobre algo ― raise doubts arrojar luz sobre ― to shed light on arrojar resultados positivos ― to yield positive results September 1 1976, Luis Echeverría Alvarez, a governmental report (Canary Islands, reflexive, transitive) to vomit Synonym: vomitar (transitive) to cast (doubt on) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: arrojar === Further reading === “arrojar”, 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