arrancar

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.rəŋˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.raŋˈkaɾ/

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, past participle arrancat)

1. Alternative form of arrencar

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

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

• Hyphenation: ar‧ran‧car

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranquei, past participle arrancado)

1. (transitive with a or de) to pull, pluck, rip
2. to yank, jerk
3. to pull down, tear down
4. (intransitive, or transitive with com) to start (a machine, project etc.)

   Synonym: iniciar

   Arrancamos com o projeto. ― Let's start the project.

5. (intransitive, computing) to boot

   o computador não arranca ― the computer doesn't boot

Probably from ad- +‎ runcāre. Compare Catalan arrencar and Sicilian arrancari.

• IPA^(key): /aranˈkaɾ/ [a.rãŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rran‧car

arrancar (first-person singular present arranco, first-person singular preterite arranqué, past participle arrancado)

1. (transitive) to pull out
   • 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.

2. (transitive) to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.)
3. (transitive) to rip, to tear
4. (transitive, intransitive) to start (a machine)
5. (intransitive) to get going, get started
6. (reflexive) to run away

• rancar (obsolete)

• “arrancar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014