arrapar
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arrapar (first-person singular present arrapo, first-person singular preterite arrapí, past participle arrapat)
- to take away, to carry away
- to scratch, to remove
- (reflexive) to cling
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 7, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- S'arrapen a l'escorça dels arbres, com els musclos a les roques, i necessito extreure'ls amb una navalla.
- They cling to the bark of the trees, like the mussels do to the rocks, and I need to take them off them with a knife.