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arrimado adj | AmL: peyorativo (que vive en casa ajena) | freeloading adj |
| | uninvited adj |
| Los vecinos viven con un muchacho arrimado que creo que es un sobrino. |
arrimado, arrimada nm, nf | AmL: peyorativo (persona que vive en casa ajena) (UK: colloquial) | scrounger, freeloader n |
| (US: colloquial) | deadbeat n |
| | unwelcome guest n |
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arrimar⇒ vtr | (juntar, pegar) (place near) | put [sth] against, put [sth] next to vtr + prep |
| Arrima la silla a la pared, por favor. |
| Put the chair next to (or: against) the wall, please. |
arrimar vtr | (acercar, traer) (bring near) | bring over vtr phrasal sep |
| | bring [sth] closer vtr + adv |
| ¿Podrías arrimarme esa caja de allá? |
| Can you bring that box over to me? |
arrimarse⇒ v prnl | (acercarse, juntarse) | approach⇒ vtr |
| | come closer to v expr |
| Los leones se arrimaron al estanque para calmar la sed. |
| The lions approached the basin to quench their thirst. |
Additional Translations |
arrimarse v prnl | coloquial (aprovecharse de otro) (informal) | latch onto, hang around vtr phrasal insep |
| Varios senadores se arrimaron al nuevo presidente para beneficiarse de su triunfo. |
| Several senators latched onto (or: hung around) the new president so as to benefit from his success. |
arrimarse v prnl | CR, VE, coloquial (quedarse a vivir) (take residence) | move in with v expr |
| (be in residence) | live with vi + prep |
| El hijo de Patricia se le arrimó a mi mamá y lleva seis meses sin trabajar. |
| Patricia's son moved in with my mother and hasn't worked for six months. |
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