# arroñar
## Spanish
### Etymology

Corruption of arruinar. Cognate with Leonese arronnare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aroˈɲaɾ/ [a.roˈɲaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧rro‧ñar

### Verb

arroñar
* (Leon) To knock down or to demolish, usually a building.
** 1926, Blanco y negro, volume 36, page 2:Se sobrepuso, no obstante, al enervante sopor que le arroñaba; anduvo mucho y de prisa le habia entrado una gana atroz de ver un gesto acogedor […]He overcame, however, the enervating drowsiness that kept destroying him; He walked a lot and in a hurry he had an atrocious desire to see a welcoming gesture. […]
** 1954, Francisco Villaespesa, Federico de Mendizábal, Poesías completas, volume 2, page 692:[…] de caridad tienen que hacerle el entierro, mientras en la paja de inmundos jergones, se enmohecen joyas y arroñan doblones […] […] of charity they have to bury him, while in the straw of filthy pallets, jewelry rusts and doubloons are demolished […]
** 1975, Luis Cortés Vázquez, Mi libro de Zamora, page 46:Este cerco amurallado a medio caer, este castillo arroñado que sirvió para defender el puente hoy inexistente y anegado, este campo labrado o el patio de armas lleno de amapolas […]This crumbling stone wall, this demolished castle which once defended a bridge which is now submerged, this soil which they worked, or the parade ground full of poppies […]
** 1984, Emilia Pardo Bazán (condesa de), Marina Mayoral, Cuentos y novelas de la tierra, volume 1, page 64:Apenas avanzaron dos pasos por la calleja, tropezaron con un bulto que yacía en el fangoso suelo; y una mujer que venía de la corraliza, desmelenada, retorciéndose las manos, los arroñó.As soon as they took two steps down the alley, they tripped over a lump lying on the muddy ground; and a woman who came from the corral, disheveled, wringing her hands, surrounded them.
** 1995, Alonso Zamora Vicente, La Otra Esquina de La Lengua, page 109:Un mendigo, por arroñado y en mal uso que esté, suplica, por Dios y por sus clavos y su misericordia, un coscurro de pan.A beggar, no matter how knocked down and misused he may be, begs, for God and for his nails and his mercy, for a crust of bread.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | arroñar | arroñar | arroñar | arroñar | arroñar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | arroñando | arroñando | arroñando | arroñando | arroñando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | arroñado | arroñado | arroñada | arroñada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | arroñados | arroñados | arroñadas | arroñadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | arroño | arroñas$^{tú}$ arroñás$^{vos}$ | arroña | arroñamos | arroñáis | arroñan |
| indicative | imperfect | arroñaba | arroñabas | arroñaba | arroñábamos | arroñabais | arroñaban |
| indicative | preterite | arroñé | arroñaste | arroñó | arroñamos | arroñasteis | arroñaron |
| indicative | future | arroñaré | arroñarás | arroñará | arroñaremos | arroñaréis | arroñarán |
| indicative | conditional | arroñaría | arroñarías | arroñaría | arroñaríamos | arroñaríais | arroñarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | arroñe | arroñes$^{tú}$ arroñés$^{vos2}$ | arroñe | arroñemos | arroñéis | arroñen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | arroñara | arroñaras | arroñara | arroñáramos | arroñarais | arroñaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | arroñase | arroñases | arroñase | arroñásemos | arroñaseis | arroñasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | arroñare | arroñares | arroñare | arroñáremos | arroñareis | arroñaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | arroña$^{tú}$ arroñá$^{vos}$ | arroñe | arroñemos | arroñad | arroñen |
| imperative | negative | | no arroñes | no arroñe | no arroñemos | no arroñéis | no arroñen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.