arrancar
Portuguese, verb/a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/
arrancar is spelled A-R-R-A-N-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrancar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to pull, pluck, rip (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tirar da terra”.
What does arrancar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pull, pluck, rip (something)
- 2
to yank, jerk
- 3
to pull down, tear down
- 4
to start (a vehicle)
- 5
to start
Arrancámos com o projeto.
- 6
to boot
O computador não arranca.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tirar da terra 2. arrebatar com força 3. extorquir 4. libertar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arrancar
- arranco first-person present singular
- arranquei first-person preterite singular
- arrancado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- arrancares infinitive second-person singular
- arrancarmos first-person infinitive plural
- arrancardes infinitive plural second-person
- arrancarem infinitive plural third-person
- arrancando gerund
- arrancados masculine participle past
- arrancada feminine participle past
- arrancadas feminine participle past
- arrancas indicative present second-person
- arranca indicative present singular
- arrancamos first-person indicative plural
- arrancais indicative plural present
- arrancam indicative plural present
- arrancava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arrancar?
- Brazil /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.hɐ̃ˈka(h)]
- /a.ʁɐ̃ˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
arrancar appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).