arrojar

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arrojar, from Latin rotāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

arrojar (first-person singular present arrojo, first-person singular preterite arrojei, past participle arrojado)

1. (transitive) to throw (cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

   Synonyms: arremessar, lançar, deitar

2. (transitive) to drag

   Synonym: arrastar

3. (pronominal) to throw oneself
4. (pronominal) to crawl
5. (pronominal, figurative) to dare

   Synonym: arriscar

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrot(u)lāre, *rotulāre, from Latin rotāre (“to turn, to wheel”). The lack of diphthongization (**arruejo) is due to the palatalization of the -tl- > -cl- cluster to [ʎ], then Old Spanish [ʒ], raising the previous vowel to close [o] — compare Latin oculus, which gave rise to Spanish ojo (not **huejo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aroˈxaɾ/ [a.roˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rro‧jar

Verb

arrojar (first-person singular present arrojo, first-person singular preterite arrojé, past participle arrojado)

1. (transitive) to throw, to hurl, to toss, to fling (cause an object to move rapidly through the air)

   Synonyms: tirar, lanzar, impulsar

2. (transitive) to emit (to send out or give off)

   Synonym: echar

3. (transitive) to eject, to kick out (to compel (a person or persons) to leave)

   Synonyms: echar, expulsar

4. (transitive) to yield, to produce; to shed (light) on

   arrojar dudas sobre algo ― raise doubts

   arrojar luz sobre ― to shed light on

   arrojar resultados positivos ― to yield positive results

   • 1877, Francisco Miralles, Desde Júpiter:

     Solamente haremos notar, que al esponer a Uds. la estraña anomalía de fumar tabaco cuando se conoce el vapor, el telégrafo i la imprenta, no era nuestra mente arrojar dudas acerca de lo que con tanta justicia acaba de esponerse, esto es, que el desarrollo de los mundo se hace simultáneamente para todos los conocimientos, pero siguiendo órdenes diferentes, segun la naturaleza del planeta.

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   • September 1 1976, Luis Echeverría Alvarez, a governmental report

     El avance en el control ha traído consigo una mayor eficiencia en la capacidad productiva y administrativa, lo que se traduce en que el 70 por ciento de las empresas del Estado arrojan resultados positivos, a pesar de que su funcionamiento obedece a un marcado interés social.

     An increase in control has brought with it a greater efficiency in productive and administrative capacity, which has the result that 70 percent of the State's enterprises are yielding positive results, despite their functioning obeying a marked social interest.

5. (transitive) to vomit

   Synonym: vomitar

6. (transitive) to cast (doubt on)

Further reading

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