# arrancar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.rəŋˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.raŋˈkaɾ]

### Verb

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranquí, past participle arrancat)
* Alternative form of arrencar

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [a.hɐ̃ˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [a.hɐ̃ˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)/ [a.hɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/ [a.χɐ̃ˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ɻ)/ [a.hɐ̃ˈka(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁɐ̃ˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁɐ̃ˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ʁɐ̃ˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ar‧ran‧car

### Verb

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranquei, past participle arrancado)
* (transitive) to pull, pluck, rip (something) [with de or (Portugal also) a ‘from someone/something’]
* to yank, jerk
* to pull down, tear down
* to start (a vehicle)
* (intransitive) to start [with com ‘a machine, project, etc.’]
    Synonym: iniciar
    Arrancámos com o projeto. ― Let's start the project.
* (intransitive, computing) to boot
    O computador não arranca. ― The computer doesn't boot.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* para-arranca

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aranˈkaɾ/ [a.rãŋˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧rran‧car

### Verb

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranqué, past participle arrancado)
* (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.
* (transitive) to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.)
* (transitive) to rip, to tear
* (transitive, intransitive) to start (a machine)
* (intransitive) to get going, get started
* (reflexive) to run away

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Alternative forms

* rancar (obsolete)

#### Derived terms

* arranca cebolla
* arrancable
* arrancada
* arrancador
* arrancadura
* arrancamiento
* arrancón
* arranque

### Further reading

* “arrancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10