He did not finish his studies of hydrostatics, statics and experimental physics at the Junta de Comerç, due to serious family problems.

At the same time, he collaborated with the Diario Constitucional (Constitutional Newspaper) and began his career in journalism, and also started in politics by becoming secretary of the Diputació de Lleida (1823).

[4] At that time he joined the Academy of Fine Arts (1820) and in 1823 he was one of the co-founders and editors of El Europeo, the first great Catalan project of romantic journalism.

[1][5][6] In this sense, it is considered that he was influenced by the Italian romantic writer Alessandro Manzoni, who founded the magazine Conciliatore.

Aribau, moreover, suggested to his friend Juan Nicasio Gallego to translate Manzoni into Spanish.