arriar

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant of arrear.

Verb

arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arrií, past participle arriat)

1. (transitive) to lower, to bring down (using a rope)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arriar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arriar
gerund			arriant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arriat		arriada
		plural		arriats		arriades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrio	arries	arria	arriem	arrieu	arrien
	imperfect	arriava	arriaves	arriava	arriàvem	arriàveu	arriaven
	future	arriaré	arriaràs	arriarà	arriarem	arriareu	arriaran
	preterite	arrií	arriares	arrià	arriàrem	arriàreu	arriaren
	conditional	arriaria	arriaries	arriaria	arriaríem	arriaríeu	arriarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arriï	arriïs	arriï	arriem	arrieu	arriïn
	imperfect	arriés	arriessis	arriés	arriéssim	arriéssiu	arriessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arria	arriï	arriem	arrieu	arriïn
	negative (no)	—	no arriïs	no arriï	no arriem	no arrieu	no arriïn

Derived terms

• arriada

Etymology 2

From arri +‎ -ar.

Verb

arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arrií, past participle arriat)

1. (transitive) to giddyup, to urge forward (of animals)
2. (transitive) to tow

Further reading

• “arriar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “arriar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “arriar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Verb

arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arriei, past participle arriado)

1. (transitive, nautical) to lower (a sail, a flag)

   Synonyms: baixar, abaixar

2. (transitive) to put in the ground
3. (transitive, colloquial) to beat up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arriar (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	arriar
Personal	arriar	arriares	arriar	arriarmos	arriardes	arriarem
Gerund
	arriando
Past participle
Masculine	arriado			arriados
Feminine	arriada			arriadas
Indicative
Present	arrio	arrias	arria	arriamos	arriais	arriam
Imperfect	arriava	arriavas	arriava	arriávamos	arriáveis	arriavam
Preterite	arriei	arriaste	arriou	arriamos1, arriámos2	arriastes	arriaram
Pluperfect	arriara	arriaras	arriara	arriáramos	arriáreis	arriaram
Future	arriarei	arriarás	arriará	arriaremos	arriareis	arriarão
Conditional	arriaria	arriarias	arriaria	arriaríamos	arriaríeis	arriariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrie	arries	arrie	arriemos	arrieis	arriem
Imperfect	arriasse	arriasses	arriasse	arriássemos	arriásseis	arriassem
Future	arriar	arriares	arriar	arriarmos	arriardes	arriarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arria	arrie	arriemos	arriai	arriem
Negative (não)		não arries	não arrie	não arriemos	não arrieis	não arriem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• arriar o calhau

References

• “arriar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From arrear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrjaɾ/ [aˈrjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rriar

Verb

arriar (first-person singular present arrío, first-person singular preterite arrié, past participle arriado)

1. (transitive) to lower (e.g. a flag)
2. (transitive, nautical) to release, let go, loose (a line, a chain)
3. (transitive) to flood

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arriar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arriar
gerund			arriando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arriado		arriada
		plural		arriados		arriadas
		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	arrío	arríastú arriásvos	arría	arriamos	arriáis	arrían
	imperfect	arriaba	arriabas	arriaba	arriábamos	arriabais	arriaban
	preterite	arrié	arriaste	arrió	arriamos	arriasteis	arriaron
	future	arriaré	arriarás	arriará	arriaremos	arriaréis	arriarán
	conditional	arriaría	arriarías	arriaría	arriaríamos	arriaríais	arriarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arríe	arríestú arriésvos2	arríe	arriemos	arriéis	arríen
	imperfect (ra)	arriara	arriaras	arriara	arriáramos	arriarais	arriaran
	imperfect (se)	arriase	arriases	arriase	arriásemos	arriaseis	arriasen
	future1	arriare	arriares	arriare	arriáremos	arriareis	arriaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arríatú arriávos	arríe	arriemos	arriad	arríen
	negative		no arríes	no arríe	no arriemos	no arriéis	no arríen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arriar (i-í alternation)

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 arriar
	dative	arriarme	arriarte	arriarle, arriarse	arriarnos	arriaros	arriarles, arriarse
	accusative	arriarme	arriarte	arriarlo, arriarla, arriarse	arriarnos	arriaros	arriarlos, arriarlas, arriarse
with gerund arriando
	dative	arriándome	arriándote	arriándole, arriándose	arriándonos	arriándoos	arriándoles, arriándose
	accusative	arriándome	arriándote	arriándolo, arriándola, arriándose	arriándonos	arriándoos	arriándolos, arriándolas, arriándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arría
	dative	arríame	arríate	arríale	arríanos	not used	arríales
	accusative	arríame	arríate	arríalo, arríala	arríanos	not used	arríalos, arríalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arriá
	dative	arriame	arriate	arriale	arrianos	not used	arriales
	accusative	arriame	arriate	arrialo, arriala	arrianos	not used	arrialos, arrialas
with formal second-person singular imperative arríe
	dative	arríeme	not used	arríele, arríese	arríenos	not used	arríeles
	accusative	arríeme	not used	arríelo, arríela, arríese	arríenos	not used	arríelos, arríelas
with first-person plural imperative arriemos
	dative	not used	arriémoste	arriémosle	arriémonos	arriémoos	arriémosles
	accusative	not used	arriémoste	arriémoslo, arriémosla	arriémonos	arriémoos	arriémoslos, arriémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arriad
	dative	arriadme	not used	arriadle	arriadnos	arriaos	arriadles
	accusative	arriadme	not used	arriadlo, arriadla	arriadnos	arriaos	arriadlos, arriadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arríen
	dative	arríenme	not used	arríenle	arríennos	not used	arríenles, arríense
	accusative	arríenme	not used	arríenlo, arríenla	arríennos	not used	arríenlos, arríenlas, arríense

Further reading

• “arriar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014