arrombar
Meaning
- (transitive) to batter (to break down a door or other barrier)
- (transitive) to break in (to enter a place by force)
- (transitive) to force (to forcibly open a door, lock etc.)
- (transitive) to make a hole in
- (figuratively, transitive, vulgar) to humiliate
- (colloquial, transitive, vulgar) to have anal sex
- (colloquial, transitive, vulgar) to defeat
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.ʁõˈba(ʁ)/
Etymology
From a- + rombo (“hole”) + -ar. First attested in c. 15th century. It is not related to Galician arrombar.
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