arrumar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ruˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ruˈmaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ruˈma]

Verb

arrumar (first-person singular present arrumo, first-person singular preterite arrumí, past participle arrumat)

1. (dialectal) to singe

   Synonym: socarrimar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of arrumar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arrumar
gerund			arrumant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrumat		arrumada
		plural		arrumats		arrumades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrumo	arrumes	arruma	arrumem	arrumeu	arrumen
	imperfect	arrumava	arrumaves	arrumava	arrumàvem	arrumàveu	arrumaven
	future	arrumaré	arrumaràs	arrumarà	arrumarem	arrumareu	arrumaran
	preterite	arrumí	arrumares	arrumà	arrumàrem	arrumàreu	arrumaren
	conditional	arrumaria	arrumaries	arrumaria	arrumaríem	arrumaríeu	arrumarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrumi	arrumis	arrumi	arrumem	arrumeu	arrumin
	imperfect	arrumés	arrumessis	arrumés	arruméssim	arruméssiu	arrumessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arruma	arrumi	arrumem	arrumeu	arrumin
	negative (no)	—	no arrumis	no arrumi	no arrumem	no arrumeu	no arrumin

Further reading

• “arrumar”, 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

Etymology

From Old French arrumer. Compare with arrimar. Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ad-φrima-Ø.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈma(ʁ)/ [a.huˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈma(ʁ)/ [a.huˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈma(ɾ)/ [a.huˈma(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈma(ʁ)/ [a.χuˈma(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ʁuˈma(ɻ)/ [a.huˈma(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁuˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁuˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁuˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ru‧mar

Verb

arrumar (first-person singular present arrumo, first-person singular preterite arrumei, past participle arrumado)

1. (transitive) to fix

   Synonyms: consertar, arranjar

2. (transitive) to set up
3. (transitive) to set

   arrumar a mesa ― set the table

4. (transitive) to tidy
5. (transitive) to stow, guard, save

   Synonym: guardar

6. (transitive) to organize

   Synonym: organizar

7. (Brazil, informal, transitive) to get, obtain, acquire

   Synonyms: arranjar, conseguir

   arrumar um emprego ― get a job

8. (Brazil, informal, transitive) to find (a way of)

   Arrumei um jeito melhor de ganhar dinheiro.

   I found a better way to make money.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrumar (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	arrumar
Personal	arrumar	arrumares	arrumar	arrumarmos	arrumardes	arrumarem
Gerund
	arrumando
Past participle
Masculine	arrumado			arrumados
Feminine	arrumada			arrumadas
Indicative
Present	arrumo	arrumas	arruma	arrumamos	arrumais	arrumam
Imperfect	arrumava	arrumavas	arrumava	arrumávamos	arrumáveis	arrumavam
Preterite	arrumei	arrumaste	arrumou	arrumamos1, arrumámos2	arrumastes	arrumaram
Pluperfect	arrumara	arrumaras	arrumara	arrumáramos	arrumáreis	arrumaram
Future	arrumarei	arrumarás	arrumará	arrumaremos	arrumareis	arrumarão
Conditional	arrumaria	arrumarias	arrumaria	arrumaríamos	arrumaríeis	arrumariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrume	arrumes	arrume	arrumemos	arrumeis	arrumem
Imperfect	arrumasse	arrumasses	arrumasse	arrumássemos	arrumásseis	arrumassem
Future	arrumar	arrumares	arrumar	arrumarmos	arrumardes	arrumarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arruma	arrume	arrumemos	arrumai	arrumem
Negative (não)		não arrumes	não arrume	não arrumemos	não arrumeis	não arrumem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:arrumar.

Derived terms

• arrumador

Further reading

• “arrumar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arrumar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “arrumar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

As a nautical term, it is borrowed from Middle French arrumer (which would become subsumed into French arrimer, which comes from a different route), from Middle Dutch ruum (“cargo hold”) (whence modern Dutch ruim (“cargo hold”)), from Old Dutch *rūm, Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”). Probably related to arrimar; see the entry for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aruˈmaɾ/ [a.ruˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rru‧mar

Verb

arrumar (first-person singular present arrumo, first-person singular preterite arrumé, past participle arrumado)

1. (nautical) to load (cargo)
2. (Colombia, Venezuela) to pile up; to heap up

   Synonyms: apilar, amontar

3. (Honduras, colloquial) to pet; to fondle

   Synonym: acariciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrumar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrumar
gerund			arrumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrumado		arrumada
		plural		arrumados		arrumadas
		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	arrumo	arrumastú arrumásvos	arruma	arrumamos	arrumáis	arruman
	imperfect	arrumaba	arrumabas	arrumaba	arrumábamos	arrumabais	arrumaban
	preterite	arrumé	arrumaste	arrumó	arrumamos	arrumasteis	arrumaron
	future	arrumaré	arrumarás	arrumará	arrumaremos	arrumaréis	arrumarán
	conditional	arrumaría	arrumarías	arrumaría	arrumaríamos	arrumaríais	arrumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrume	arrumestú arrumésvos2	arrume	arrumemos	arruméis	arrumen
	imperfect (ra)	arrumara	arrumaras	arrumara	arrumáramos	arrumarais	arrumaran
	imperfect (se)	arrumase	arrumases	arrumase	arrumásemos	arrumaseis	arrumasen
	future1	arrumare	arrumares	arrumare	arrumáremos	arrumareis	arrumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrumatú arrumávos	arrume	arrumemos	arrumad	arrumen
	negative		no arrumes	no arrume	no arrumemos	no arruméis	no arrumen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arrumar

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 arrumar	dative	arrumarme	arrumarte	arrumarle, arrumarse	arrumarnos	arrumaros	arrumarles, arrumarse
	accusative	arrumarme	arrumarte	arrumarlo, arrumarla, arrumarse	arrumarnos	arrumaros	arrumarlos, arrumarlas, arrumarse
with gerund arrumando	dative	arrumándome	arrumándote	arrumándole, arrumándose	arrumándonos	arrumándoos	arrumándoles, arrumándose
	accusative	arrumándome	arrumándote	arrumándolo, arrumándola, arrumándose	arrumándonos	arrumándoos	arrumándolos, arrumándolas, arrumándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative arruma	dative	arrúmame	arrúmate	arrúmale	arrúmanos	not used	arrúmales
	accusative	arrúmame	arrúmate	arrúmalo, arrúmala	arrúmanos	not used	arrúmalos, arrúmalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative arrumá	dative	arrumame	arrumate	arrumale	arrumanos	not used	arrumales
	accusative	arrumame	arrumate	arrumalo, arrumala	arrumanos	not used	arrumalos, arrumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrume	dative	arrúmeme	not used	arrúmele, arrúmese	arrúmenos	not used	arrúmeles
	accusative	arrúmeme	not used	arrúmelo, arrúmela, arrúmese	arrúmenos	not used	arrúmelos, arrúmelas
with first-person plural imperative arrumemos	dative	not used	arrumémoste	arrumémosle	arrumémonos	arrumémoos	arrumémosles
	accusative	not used	arrumémoste	arrumémoslo, arrumémosla	arrumémonos	arrumémoos	arrumémoslos, arrumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrumad	dative	arrumadme	not used	arrumadle	arrumadnos	arrumaos	arrumadles
	accusative	arrumadme	not used	arrumadlo, arrumadla	arrumadnos	arrumaos	arrumadlos, arrumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrumen	dative	arrúmenme	not used	arrúmenle	arrúmennos	not used	arrúmenles, arrúmense
	accusative	arrúmenme	not used	arrúmenlo, arrúmenla	arrúmennos	not used	arrúmenlos, arrúmenlas, arrúmense

Further reading

• “arrumar”, 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
• “arrimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012