arrancar
Spanish, verb/aranˈkaɾ/
arrancar is spelled A-R-R-A-N-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,830th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrancar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pull out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar hasta la raíz un objeto fijo al suelo”.
What does arrancar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pull out
- 2
to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.)
- 3
to rip, to tear
- 4
to start (a machine)
- 5
to get going, get started
- 6
to run away
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar hasta la raíz un objeto fijo al suelo. 2. Quitar violentamente una parte de su lugar. 3. Arrebatar violentamente algo que está en posesión ajena. 4. Echar flema por la boca
verb: 1. Comenzar a correr. 2. Por extensión: empezar, iniciar, comenzar (con algo). 3. Abandonar un sitio. 4. Dicho de una máquina, comenzar a funcionar.
verb: 1. Vencer, derrotar. 2. Acometer, embestir, asaltar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arrancar
- arranco first-person present singular
- arranqué first-person preterite singular
- arrancado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- arrancando gerund
- arrancada feminine participle past
- arrancados masculine participle past
- arrancadas feminine participle past
- arrancas indicative informal present
- arrancás indicative informal present
- arranca indicative present singular
- arrancamos first-person indicative plural
- arrancáis indicative plural present
- arrancan indicative plural present
- arrancaba first-person imperfect indicative
- arrancabas imperfect indicative second-person
- arrancábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- arrancabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrancar?
- /aranˈkaɾ/
- [a.rãŋˈkaɾ]
- [arãŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arrancar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arrancar in Spanish?
arrancar appears 8.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).