arrencar
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compare Portuguese and Spanish arrancar.
Pronunciation
Verb
arrencar (first-person singular present arrenco, first-person singular preterite arrenquí, past participle arrencat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- to rip, to rip off, to pull off, to pull out, to yank
- to take off, to set off, to start
- to start up
- (computing) to boot
- to stem from
Conjugation
Conjugation of arrencar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms
- arrencada
- arrencadissa
- arrencador
- arrencament
- arrencapins
- arrencaqueixals
- arrencat
- rearrencar
Further reading
- “arrancar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.