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arrumar

/aruˈmaɾ/

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verb/aruˈmaɾ/

to load (cargo); to pile up; to heap up; to pet; to fondle

Synonyms: apilar, amontar, acariciar

As a nautical term, it is borrowed from Middle French arrumer (which would become subsumed into French arrimer, which comes from a different route), from Middle Dutch ruum (“cargo hold”) (whence modern Dutch ruim (“cargo hold”)), from Old Dutch *rūm, Proto-West Germanic *rūm, from Proto-Germanic *rūmą (“room, open space”). Probably related to arrimar; see the entry for more information.