arrancar
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranquí, past participle arrancat)
- Alternative form of arrencar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of arrancar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Further reading edit
- “arrancar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese arrancar, of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin ad- + runcāre.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ar‧ran‧car
Verb edit
arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranquei, past participle arrancado)
- (transitive with a or de) to pull, pluck, rip
- to yank, jerk
- to pull down, tear down
- to start (a vehicle)
- (intransitive, or transitive with com) to start (a machine, project, etc.)
- Synonym: iniciar
- Arrancámos com o projeto. ― Let's start the project.
- (intransitive, computing) to boot
- O computador não arranca. ― The computer doesn't boot.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of arrancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin ad- + runcāre. Compare Catalan arrencar, Romanian arunca and Sicilian arrancari.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranqué, past participle arrancado)
- (transitive) to pull out
- 2016, José Luis Bonet, Cerebro, emociones y estrés, B DE BOOKS, →ISBN:
- Las personas experimentan una sensación creciente de ansiedad y estrés inmediatamente antes de un episodio de arrancarse el pelo, y también si pretende resistir a ese impulso.
- These people experience a growing feeling of anxiety and stress immediately before an episode of pulling out their hair, and also if they attempt to resist that impulse.
- (transitive) to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.)
- (transitive) to rip, to tear
- (transitive, intransitive) to start (a machine)
- (intransitive) to get going, get started
- (reflexive) to run away
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of arrancar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of arrancar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “arrancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014