arrancar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese arrancar, of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin ēruncāre, present active infinitive of ēruncō (“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. (transitive with a or de) to pull, pluck, rip
2. to yank, jerk
3. to pull down, tear down
4. (intransitive, or transitive with com) to start (a machine, project etc.)

   Synonym: iniciar

   Arrancamos com o projeto. ― Let's start the project.

5. (intransitive, computing) to boot

   o computador não arranca ― the computer doesn't boot

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb arrancar

Notes:[edit] 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	-	arranca	arranque	arranquemos	arrancai	arranquem
Negative (não)	-	arranques	arranque	arranquemos	arranqueis	arranquem

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aranˈkaɾ/, [arãŋˈkaɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧rran‧car

Verb

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

1. (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.

2. to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.)
3. to rip, to tear
4. to get going, get started
5. to start (a machine)
6. (reflexive) to run away

Conjugation

• c becomes qu before e.

    Conjugation of arrancar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			arrancar
gerund			arrancando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrancado		arrancada
		plural		arrancados		arrancadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello 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/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arranque	arranquestú arranquésvos2	arranque	arranquemos	arranquéis	arranquen
	imperfect (ra)	arrancara	arrancaras	arrancara	arrancáramos	arrancarais	arrancaran
	imperfect (se)	arrancase	arrancases	arrancase	arrancásemos	arrancaseis	arrancasen
	future1	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 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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

    Selected combined forms of arrancar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arrancar
	dative	arrancarme	arrancarte	arrancarle, arrancarse	arrancarnos	arrancaros	arrancarles, arrancarse
	accusative	arrancarme	arrancarte	arrancarlo, arrancarla, arrancarse	arrancarnos	arrancaros	arrancarlos, arrancarlas, arrancarse
with gerund arrancando
	dative	arrancándome	arrancándote	arrancándole, arrancándose	arrancándonos	arrancándoos	arrancándoles, arrancándose
	accusative	arrancándome	arrancándote	arrancándolo, arrancándola, arrancándose	arrancándonos	arrancándoos	arrancándolos, arrancándolas, arrancándose
with informal second-person singular imperative arranca
	dative	arráncame	arráncate	arráncale	arráncanos	not used	arráncales
	accusative	arráncame	arráncate	arráncalo, arráncala	arráncanos	not used	arráncalos, arráncalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arranque
	dative	arránqueme	not used	arránquele, arránquese	arránquenos	not used	arránqueles
	accusative	arránqueme	not used	arránquelo, arránquela, arránquese	arránquenos	not used	arránquelos, arránquelas
with first-person plural imperative arranquemos
	dative	not used	arranquémoste	arranquémosle	arranquémonos	arranquémoos	arranquémosles
	accusative	not used	arranquémoste	arranquémoslo, arranquémosla	arranquémonos	arranquémoos	arranquémoslos, arranquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrancad
	dative	arrancadme	not used	arrancadle	arrancadnos	arrancaos	arrancadles
	accusative	arrancadme	not used	arrancadlo, arrancadla	arrancadnos	arrancaos	arrancadlos, arrancadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arranquen
	dative	arránquenme	not used	arránquenle	arránquennos	not used	arránquenles, arránquense
	accusative	arránquenme	not used	arránquenlo, arránquenla	arránquennos	not used	arránquenlos, arránquenlas, arránquense

Alternative forms

• rancar (obsolete)

Derived terms

• arranque

Further reading

• “arrancar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.