arresto
Spanish, noun
arresto is spelled A-R-R-E-S-T-O (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,046th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arresto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “arrest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of arrestar. With an accent, arrestó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of arrestar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de arrestar”.
What does arresto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearrest
- 2
masculineboldness
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of arrestar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of arrestar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de arrestar. 2. Arrojo o determinación para emprender alguna cosa ardua. 3. Detención provisional del presunto reo. 4. Reclusión por un tiempo breve, como corrección o pena.
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 arresto
- arrestos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arresto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arresto in Spanish?
arresto appears 12 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).