arrencar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• arrancar

Etymology

Compare Portuguese and Spanish arrancar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

arrencar (first-person singular present arrenco, first-person singular preterite arrenquí, past participle arrencat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to rip, to rip off, to pull off, to pull out, to yank
2. to take off, to set off, to start
3. to start up
4. (computing) to boot
5. to stem from

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrencar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			arrencar
gerund			arrencant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrencat		arrencada
		plural		arrencats		arrencades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrenco	arrenques	arrenca	arrenquem	arrenqueu	arrenquen
	imperfect	arrencava	arrencaves	arrencava	arrencàvem	arrencàveu	arrencaven
	future	arrencaré	arrencaràs	arrencarà	arrencarem	arrencareu	arrencaran
	preterite	arrenquí	arrencares	arrencà	arrencàrem	arrencàreu	arrencaren
	conditional	arrencaria	arrencaries	arrencaria	arrencaríem	arrencaríeu	arrencarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrenqui	arrenquis	arrenqui	arrenquem	arrenqueu	arrenquin
	imperfect	arrenqués	arrenquessis	arrenqués	arrenquéssim	arrenquéssiu	arrenquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arrenca	arrenqui	arrenquem	arrenqueu	arrenquin
	negative (no)	—	no arrenquis	no arrenqui	no arrenquem	no arrenqueu	no arrenquin

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.