arribar
Spanish, verb/ariˈbaɾ/
arribar is spelled A-R-R-I-B-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arribar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llegar la nave al puerto en que termina su viaje”.
What does arribar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dock
- 2
to arrive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Llegar la nave al puerto en que termina su viaje. 2. Llegar la nave a un puerto al que tenga que dirigirse para evitar algún peligro o remediar alguna necesidad. 3. Llegar por tierra a cualquier paraje. 4. Convalecer, ir recobrando la salud o reponiendo la hacienda.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arribar
- arribo first-person present singular
- arribé first-person preterite singular
- arribado participle past
- arribando gerund
- arribada feminine participle past
- arribados masculine participle past
- arribadas feminine participle past
- arribas indicative informal present
- arribás indicative informal present
- arriba indicative present singular
- arribamos first-person indicative plural
- arribáis indicative plural present
- arriban indicative plural present
- arribaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arribabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arribábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arribabais imperfect indicative plural
- arribaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arribar?
- /ariˈbaɾ/
- [a.riˈβ̞aɾ]
- [ariˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arribar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arribar in Spanish?
arribar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).