Polyglot Dictionary

arribar

/aɾiˈβaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
arribo
preterite (yo)
arribé
past participle
arribado

Meaning

  1. to arrive

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

llegar

llegar is the everyday, common word for "to arrive"; arribar is more formal or literary, often nautical, like a ship arriving in port.

Similar in other languages

French

arriver

arriver is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to arrive."

Portuguese

chegar

chegar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to arrive."

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