arrollar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ rollo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aroˈʝaɾ/ [a.roˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /aroˈʝaɾ/ [a.roˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aroˈʎaɾ/ [a.roˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /aroˈʃaɾ/ [a.roˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aroˈʒaɾ/ [a.roˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rro‧llar

Verb

arrollar (first-person singular present arrollo, first-person singular preterite arrollé, past participle arrollado)

1. to dumbfound
2. to roll, to roll away
3. to sweep away
4. to wind
5. to run over, knock down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrollar
gerund			arrollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrollado		arrollada
		plural		arrollados		arrolladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrollo	arrollastú arrollásvos	arrolla	arrollamos	arrolláis	arrollan
	imperfect	arrollaba	arrollabas	arrollaba	arrollábamos	arrollabais	arrollaban
	preterite	arrollé	arrollaste	arrolló	arrollamos	arrollasteis	arrollaron
	future	arrollaré	arrollarás	arrollará	arrollaremos	arrollaréis	arrollarán
	conditional	arrollaría	arrollarías	arrollaría	arrollaríamos	arrollaríais	arrollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrolle	arrollestú arrollésvos2	arrolle	arrollemos	arrolléis	arrollen
	imperfect (ra)	arrollara	arrollaras	arrollara	arrolláramos	arrollarais	arrollaran
	imperfect (se)	arrollase	arrollases	arrollase	arrollásemos	arrollaseis	arrollasen
	future1	arrollare	arrollares	arrollare	arrolláremos	arrollareis	arrollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrollatú arrollávos	arrolle	arrollemos	arrollad	arrollen
	negative		no arrolles	no arrolle	no arrollemos	no arrolléis	no arrollen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arrollar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arrollar	dative	arrollarme	arrollarte	arrollarle, arrollarse	arrollarnos	arrollaros	arrollarles, arrollarse
	accusative	arrollarme	arrollarte	arrollarlo, arrollarla, arrollarse	arrollarnos	arrollaros	arrollarlos, arrollarlas, arrollarse
with gerund arrollando	dative	arrollándome	arrollándote	arrollándole, arrollándose	arrollándonos	arrollándoos	arrollándoles, arrollándose
	accusative	arrollándome	arrollándote	arrollándolo, arrollándola, arrollándose	arrollándonos	arrollándoos	arrollándolos, arrollándolas, arrollándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative arrolla	dative	arróllame	arróllate	arróllale	arróllanos	not used	arróllales
	accusative	arróllame	arróllate	arróllalo, arróllala	arróllanos	not used	arróllalos, arróllalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative arrollá	dative	arrollame	arrollate	arrollale	arrollanos	not used	arrollales
	accusative	arrollame	arrollate	arrollalo, arrollala	arrollanos	not used	arrollalos, arrollalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrolle	dative	arrólleme	not used	arróllele, arróllese	arróllenos	not used	arrólleles
	accusative	arrólleme	not used	arróllelo, arróllela, arróllese	arróllenos	not used	arróllelos, arróllelas
with first-person plural imperative arrollemos	dative	not used	arrollémoste	arrollémosle	arrollémonos	arrollémoos	arrollémosles
	accusative	not used	arrollémoste	arrollémoslo, arrollémosla	arrollémonos	arrollémoos	arrollémoslos, arrollémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrollad	dative	arrolladme	not used	arrolladle	arrolladnos	arrollaos	arrolladles
	accusative	arrolladme	not used	arrolladlo, arrolladla	arrolladnos	arrollaos	arrolladlos, arrolladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrollen	dative	arróllenme	not used	arróllenle	arróllennos	not used	arróllenles, arróllense
	accusative	arróllenme	not used	arróllenlo, arróllenla	arróllennos	not used	arróllenlos, arróllenlas, arróllense

Derived terms

• arrollador
• arrollamiento

Further reading

• “arrollar”, 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