arrancar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.rəŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.raŋˈkaɾ]

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranquí, past participle arrancat)

1. Alternative form of arrencar

• “arrancar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese arrancar, of uncertain origin. Probably from Latin ad- +‎ runcāre.

• Hyphenation: ar‧ran‧car

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

1. (transitive) to pull, pluck, rip (something) [with de or (Portugal also) a ‘from someone/something’]
2. to yank, jerk
3. to pull down, tear down
4. to start (a vehicle)
5. (intransitive) to start [with com ‘a machine, project, etc.’]

   Synonym: iniciar

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

6. (intransitive, computing) to boot

   O computador não arranca. ― The computer doesn't boot.

• para-arranca

Probably from Latin ad- +‎ runcāre. Compare Catalan arrencar, Romanian arunca and Sicilian arrancari.

• IPA^(key): /aranˈkaɾ/ [a.rãŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rran‧car

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

1. (transitive) to pull out

   Synonym: desfijar

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

• rancar (obsolete)

• “arrancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28