Etymology

From a- +‎ regla +‎ -arCategory:Catalan terms prefixed with a-#REGLACategory:Catalan terms suffixed with -ar#ARREGLAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.rəɡˈɡla]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARREGLAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.reˈɣlaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ARREGLAR

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#ARREGLARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/3 syllables#ARREGLAR

Verb

arreglar (first-person singular present arreglo, first-person singular preterite arreglí, past participle arreglat)Category:Catalan lemmas#ARREGLARCategory:Catalan verbs#ARREGLARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#ARREGLARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ARREGLARCategory:Pages with entries#ARREGLARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ARREGLAR; root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to regulate

   Synonym: regular

2. to arrange

   Synonym: arranjar

3. to fix, mend

   Synonym: reparar

Further reading

• “arreglar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish#ARREGLARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Spanish#ARREGLAR arreglar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ar‧re‧glar

Verb

arreglar (first-person singular present arreglo, first-person singular preterite arreglei, past participle arreglado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ARREGLARCategory:Portuguese verbs#ARREGLARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ARREGLARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ARREGLARCategory:Pages with entries#ARREGLARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ARREGLAR

1. (ambitransitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#ARREGLARCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#ARREGLAR, BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#ARREGLAR, regionalCategory:Regional Portuguese#ARREGLAR) to agree

   Synonyms: concertar, concordar

2. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#ARREGLAR, BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#ARREGLAR, regionalCategory:Regional Portuguese#ARREGLAR) to solve, to resolve

Further reading

• “arreglar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arreglar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “arreglar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

From a- +‎ regla +‎ -arCategory:Spanish terms prefixed with a-#REGLACategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ar#ARREGLAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /areˈɡlaɾ/ [a.reˈɣ̞laɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ARREGLARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ARREGLAR

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#ARREGLARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#ARREGLAR
• Syllabification: a‧rre‧glar

Verb

arreglar (first-person singular present arreglo, first-person singular preterite arreglé, past participle arreglado)Category:Spanish lemmas#ARREGLARCategory:Spanish verbs#ARREGLARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ARREGLARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ARREGLARCategory:Pages with entries#ARREGLARCategory:Pages with 3 entries#ARREGLAR

1. to fix, to repair, to mend
   • 2019 November 17, Manuel Viejo, ““No soy racista, voto a Vox porque primero hay que arreglar tu país””, in El País‎:

     E insiste: “No soy racista ni nada de eso, pero primero hay que arreglar tu propio país. Nada más”.

     And he insists: “I’m not a racist or anything like it, but your own country has to be fixed first. That’s all”.

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#ARREGLAR

2. to settle, to sort, to sort out, to patch up, to solve
3. to straighten out, to fix up, to tidy, to tidy up, to clean up
4. to arrange
5. to adjust
6. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#ARREGLAR) to get ready
7. (reflexiveCategory:Spanish reflexive verbs#ARREGLAR) to get by, to make do, to manage
8. (pronominal) to work out, to straighten out

Further reading

• “arreglar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025