arriar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.riˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.riˈaɾ]

Variant of arrear.

arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arrií, past participle arriat)

1. (transitive) to lower, to bring down (using a rope)

• arriada

From arri +‎ -ar.

arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arrií, past participle arriat)

1. (transitive) to giddyup, to urge forward (of animals)
2. (transitive) to tow

• “arriar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “arriar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “arriar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

arriar (first-person singular present arrio, first-person singular preterite arriei, past participle arriado)

1. (transitive, nautical) to lower (a sail, a flag)

   Synonyms: baixar, abaixar

2. (transitive) to put in the ground
3. (transitive, colloquial) to beat up

• arriar o calhau

• “arriar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From arrear.

• IPA^(key): /aˈrjaɾ/ [aˈrjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rriar

arriar (first-person singular present arrío, first-person singular preterite arrié, past participle arriado)

1. (transitive) to lower (e.g. a flag)
2. (transitive, nautical) to release, let go, loose (a line, a chain)
3. (transitive) to flood

• “arriar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024