arrumbar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arumˈbaɾ/ [a.rũmˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rrum‧bar

Etymology 1

Cross of arrimar and arrumar.

Verb

arrumbar (first-person singular present arrumbo, first-person singular preterite arrumbé, past participle arrumbado)

1. (transitive) to set aside, discard (something unused)
2. (transitive) to neglect, abandon, leave (something unneeded)

Etymology 2

From a- +‎ rumbo (“bearing, course”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

arrumbar (first-person singular present arrumbo, first-person singular preterite arrumbé, past participle arrumbado)

1. (transitive, nautical) to take the bearings

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrumbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrumbar
gerund			arrumbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrumbado		arrumbada
		plural		arrumbados		arrumbadas
		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	arrumbo	arrumbastú arrumbásvos	arrumba	arrumbamos	arrumbáis	arrumban
	imperfect	arrumbaba	arrumbabas	arrumbaba	arrumbábamos	arrumbabais	arrumbaban
	preterite	arrumbé	arrumbaste	arrumbó	arrumbamos	arrumbasteis	arrumbaron
	future	arrumbaré	arrumbarás	arrumbará	arrumbaremos	arrumbaréis	arrumbarán
	conditional	arrumbaría	arrumbarías	arrumbaría	arrumbaríamos	arrumbaríais	arrumbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrumbe	arrumbestú arrumbésvos2	arrumbe	arrumbemos	arrumbéis	arrumben
	imperfect (ra)	arrumbara	arrumbaras	arrumbara	arrumbáramos	arrumbarais	arrumbaran
	imperfect (se)	arrumbase	arrumbases	arrumbase	arrumbásemos	arrumbaseis	arrumbasen
	future1	arrumbare	arrumbares	arrumbare	arrumbáremos	arrumbareis	arrumbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrumbatú arrumbávos	arrumbe	arrumbemos	arrumbad	arrumben
	negative		no arrumbes	no arrumbe	no arrumbemos	no arrumbéis	no arrumben

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

    Selected combined forms of arrumbar

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 arrumbar	dative	arrumbarme	arrumbarte	arrumbarle, arrumbarse	arrumbarnos	arrumbaros	arrumbarles, arrumbarse
	accusative	arrumbarme	arrumbarte	arrumbarlo, arrumbarla, arrumbarse	arrumbarnos	arrumbaros	arrumbarlos, arrumbarlas, arrumbarse
with gerund arrumbando	dative	arrumbándome	arrumbándote	arrumbándole, arrumbándose	arrumbándonos	arrumbándoos	arrumbándoles, arrumbándose
	accusative	arrumbándome	arrumbándote	arrumbándolo, arrumbándola, arrumbándose	arrumbándonos	arrumbándoos	arrumbándolos, arrumbándolas, arrumbándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative arrumba	dative	arrúmbame	arrúmbate	arrúmbale	arrúmbanos	not used	arrúmbales
	accusative	arrúmbame	arrúmbate	arrúmbalo, arrúmbala	arrúmbanos	not used	arrúmbalos, arrúmbalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative arrumbá	dative	arrumbame	arrumbate	arrumbale	arrumbanos	not used	arrumbales
	accusative	arrumbame	arrumbate	arrumbalo, arrumbala	arrumbanos	not used	arrumbalos, arrumbalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrumbe	dative	arrúmbeme	not used	arrúmbele, arrúmbese	arrúmbenos	not used	arrúmbeles
	accusative	arrúmbeme	not used	arrúmbelo, arrúmbela, arrúmbese	arrúmbenos	not used	arrúmbelos, arrúmbelas
with first-person plural imperative arrumbemos	dative	not used	arrumbémoste	arrumbémosle	arrumbémonos	arrumbémoos	arrumbémosles
	accusative	not used	arrumbémoste	arrumbémoslo, arrumbémosla	arrumbémonos	arrumbémoos	arrumbémoslos, arrumbémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrumbad	dative	arrumbadme	not used	arrumbadle	arrumbadnos	arrumbaos	arrumbadles
	accusative	arrumbadme	not used	arrumbadlo, arrumbadla	arrumbadnos	arrumbaos	arrumbadlos, arrumbadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrumben	dative	arrúmbenme	not used	arrúmbenle	arrúmbennos	not used	arrúmbenles, arrúmbense
	accusative	arrúmbenme	not used	arrúmbenlo, arrúmbenla	arrúmbennos	not used	arrúmbenlos, arrúmbenlas, arrúmbense

Further reading

• “arrumbar”, 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