arrogar
Spanish, verb/aroˈɡaɾ/
arrogar is spelled A-R-R-O-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrogar is a Spanish verb meaning “to assume, claim, take (a title or right)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asignar, atribuir o conferir algo”.
What does arrogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assume, claim, take (a title or right)
arrogar el derecho
- 2
to ascribe, arrogate, to take it upon oneself
arrogarse el crédito
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asignar, atribuir o conferir algo. 2. Adoptar o recibir como hijo al huérfano o al emancipado.
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 arrogar
- arrogo first-person present singular
- arrogué first-person preterite singular
- arrogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- arrogando gerund
- arrogada feminine participle past
- arrogados masculine participle past
- arrogadas feminine participle past
- arrogas indicative informal present
- arrogás indicative informal present
- arroga indicative present singular
- arrogamos first-person indicative plural
- arrogáis indicative plural present
- arrogan indicative plural present
- arrogaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arrogabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arrogábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arrogabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrogar?
- /aroˈɡaɾ/
- [a.roˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [aroˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arrogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arrogar in Spanish?
arrogar appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).