# arrimar
## Galician
### Etymology

Locally documented circa 1300. Related to rima (“pile”), perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ad (“to”) + *rīmā (“number, count”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
** c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 88:pensarõ que mellores moradas poderiam aver que as que aviam, et buscarõ mays sobre esto, et tomarõ madeyros que arrymarõ aas pẽnas et aas grandes aruores et cobriã aqueles madeyros dos rramos das aruores et das eruasthey though that they could get better dwellings than that that they had, so they searched about this, and they took logs that they supported against boulders and against large trees, and they covered them with branches and grasses
* (transitive, colloquial) to beat
* (pronominal, colloquial) to live together
* (pronominal) to lean, to get near
* (pronominal) to search for support or protection

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* achegar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arrymar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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 (2014).
* 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
* ↑ Cf. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “arrimar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Martins, Higino. Uma rima de palavras aparentadas.

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ar.riˈma/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

arrimar
* (nautical) to stow, belay

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French arrimer or from a- +‎ rima +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁiˈma(ʁ)/ [a.hiˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁiˈma(ʁ)/ [a.hiˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.ʁiˈma(ɾ)/ [a.hiˈma(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ʁiˈma(ʁ)/ [a.χiˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁiˈma(ɻ)/ [a.hiˈma(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁiˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁiˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁiˈma.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* arrimar el ascua a su sardina
* arrimar el hombro
* arrimar la cebolleta
* arrimo
* arrimón
* arrumbar
* quien a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija

### Further reading

* “arrimar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “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