arrancar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese arrancar, of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin eruncāre, present active infinitive of eruncō (“I weed out”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐ̃.ˈkaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧ran‧car

Verb

arrancar (first-person singular present indicative arranco, past participle arrancado)

1. to pull, pluck, rip
2. to yank, jerk
3. to pull down, tear down

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb arrancar

Notes:

• This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
• The last letter c is changed to qu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-.
• Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.

---

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele/ela/você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrancar
Personal	arrancar	arrancares	arrancar	arrancarmos	arrancardes	arrancarem
Gerund
	arrancando
Past participle
Masculine	arrancado			arrancados
Feminine	arrancada			arrancadas
Indicative
Present	arranco	arrancas	arranca	arrancamos	arrancais	arrancam
Imperfect	arrancava	arrancavas	arrancava	arrancávamos	arrancáveis	arrancavam
Preterite	arranquei	arrancaste	arrancou	arrancamos arrancámos	arrancastes	arrancaram
Pluperfect	arrancara	arrancaras	arrancara	arrancáramos	arrancáreis	arrancaram
Future	arrancarei	arrancarás	arrancará	arrancaremos	arrancareis	arrancarão
Conditional	arrancaria	arrancarias	arrancaria	arrancaríamos	arrancaríeis	arrancariam
Subjunctive
Present	arranque	arranques	arranque	arranquemos	arranqueis	arranquem
Imperfect	arrancasse	arrancasses	arrancasse	arrancássemos	arrancásseis	arrancassem
Future	arrancar	arrancares	arrancar	arrancarmos	arrancardes	arrancarem
Imperative
Affirmative	arranque	arranca	arranque	arranquemos	arrancai	arranquem
Negative (não)	arranque	arranques	arranque	arranquemos	arranqueis	arranquem

---

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to rancar, from Latin eruncāre, present active infinitive of eruncō (“I weed out”).

Verb

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranqué, past participle arrancado)

1. to pull out
2. to rip, to tear
3. to start
4. (reflexive) to run away

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrancar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: c becomes a qu before every e.

infinitive			arrancar
gerund			arrancando
past participle			arrancado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arranco	arrancastú arrancásvos	arranca	arrancamos	arrancáis	arrancan
	imperfect	arrancaba	arrancabas	arrancaba	arrancábamos	arrancabais	arrancaban
	preterite	arranqué	arrancaste	arrancó	arrancamos	arrancasteis	arrancaron
	future	arrancaré	arrancarás	arrancará	arrancaremos	arrancaréis	arrancarán
	conditional	arrancaría	arrancarías	arrancaría	arrancaríamos	arrancaríais	arrancarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arranque	arranquestú arranquésvos1	arranque	arranquemos	arranquéis	arranquen
	imperfect (ra)	arrancara	arrancaras	arrancara	arrancáramos	arrancarais	arrancaran
	imperfect (se)	arrancase	arrancases	arrancase	arrancásemos	arrancaseis	arrancasen
	future	arrancare	arrancares	arrancare	arrancáremos	arrancareis	arrancaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrancatú arrancávos	arranque	arranquemos	arrancad	arranquen
	negative		no arranques	no arranque	no arranquemos	no arranquéis	no arranquen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)

Related terms

• arranque