arrumbar
Spanish, verb/arumˈbaɾ/
arrumbar is spelled A-R-R-U-M-B-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish, the 301,588th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrumbar is a Spanish verb meaning “to set aside, discard (something unused)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Guardar en lugar remoto una cosa sin uso”.
What does arrumbar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to set aside, discard (something unused)
- 2
to neglect, abandon, leave (something unneeded)
verb
- 1
to take the bearings
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Guardar en lugar remoto una cosa sin uso. 2. Descartar o dejar obsoleta alguna cosa 3. Ignorar a una persona en una conversación o situación. 4. Arrollar a una persona durante una conversación, obligándole a callar.
verb: 1. Determinar la posición de un objeto o accidente geográfico para registrarla en una carta de navegación.
verb: 1. Establecer un rumbo para la navegación. 2. Maniobrar para poner dos objetos en la misma dirección.
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 arrumbar
- arrumbo first-person present singular
- arrumbé first-person preterite singular
- arrumbado participle past
- arrumbando gerund
- arrumbada feminine participle past
- arrumbados masculine participle past
- arrumbadas feminine participle past
- arrumbas indicative informal present
- arrumbás indicative informal present
- arrumba indicative present singular
- arrumbamos first-person indicative plural
- arrumbáis indicative plural present
- arrumban indicative plural present
- arrumbaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arrumbabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arrumbábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arrumbabais imperfect indicative plural
- arrumbaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrumbar?
- /arumˈbaɾ/
- [a.rũmˈbaɾ]
- [arũmˈbaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrumbar in Spanish?
arrumbar appears about once in every 76 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).