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arreglar

Spanish, verb/areˈɡlaɾ/

arreglar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fix, to repair, to mend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Modificar algo para que se ajuste a una regla”.

What does arreglar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to fix, to repair, to mend

  2. 2

    to settle, to sort, to sort out, to patch up, to solve

  3. 3

    to straighten out, to fix up, to tidy, to tidy up, to clean up

  4. 4

    to arrange

  5. 5

    to adjust

  6. 6

    to get ready

  7. 7

    to get by, to make do, to manage

  8. 8

    to work out, to straighten out

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Modificar algo para que se ajuste a una regla. 2. Reparar una falla o defecto. 3. Adaptar una pieza musical siguiendo un criterio. 4. Establecer un acuerdo.

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 arreglar

  • arreglo first-person present singular
  • arreglé first-person preterite singular
  • arreglado participle past
  • arreglando gerund
  • arreglada feminine participle past
  • arreglados masculine participle past
  • arregladas feminine participle past
  • arreglas indicative informal present
  • arreglás indicative informal present
  • arregla indicative present singular
  • arreglamos first-person indicative plural
  • arregláis indicative plural present
  • arreglan indicative plural present
  • arreglaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • arreglabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • arreglábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • arreglabais imperfect indicative plural
  • arreglaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce arreglar?

  • /areˈɡlaɾ/
  • [a.reˈɣ̞laɾ]
  • [areˈɣ̞laɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to arreglar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is arreglar in Spanish?

arreglar appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).