arranque

See also: arranqué

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁɐ̃.ki/ [aˈhɐ̃.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁɐ̃.ki/ [aˈhɐ̃.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈʁɐ̃.ki/ [aˈχɐ̃.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʁɐ̃.ke/ [aˈhɐ̃.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʁɐ̃.kɨ/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from arrancar (“to pull”).

Noun

arranque m (plural arranques)

1. start (of a machine or motor)
2. (by extension) startup, launch, bootstrap

Synonyms

• início, princípio

Etymology 2

Verb

arranque

1. inflection of arrancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arranque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arranque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈranke/ [aˈrãŋ.ke]
• Rhymes: -anke
• Syllabification: a‧rran‧que

Etymology 1

Deverbal from arrancar.

Noun

arranque m (plural arranques)

1. startup
2. (weightlifting) snatch
3. fit; spark (of emotion, e.g. jealousy, anger)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 333:

     Jesucristo sonrió bondadosamente y calló, como hacía siempre ante los arranques malhumorados de su quisquilloso discípulo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. vigor

Derived terms

• cable de arranque
• motor de arranque

Etymology 2

Verb

arranque

1. inflection of arrancar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arranque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025