arrabassar

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From a- +‎ rabassa +‎ -ar.

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arrabassar (first-person singular present arrabasso, first-person singular preterite arrabassí, past participle arrabassat)

  1. to pull, to yank; to uproot
    Synonym: arrencar
    • 2021 April 23, Blanca Cia, “Sant Jordi planta cara a la pandèmia a Barcelona”, in El País[1]:
      El sol, la temperatura i les ganes de recuperar la festa que la pandèmia va arrabassar l'any passat es notaven.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to snatch, to grab; to steal

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