arrumar

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

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

1. (dialectal) to singe

   Synonym: socarrimar

• “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

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

• Hyphenation: ar‧ru‧mar

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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:arrumar.

• arrumador

• “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

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.

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

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

• “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