arrencar

• arrancar

Compare Portuguese and Spanish arrancar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.rəŋˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.reŋˈkaɾ]

arrencar (first-person singular present arrenco, first-person singular preterite arrenquí, past participle arrencat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to rip, to rip off, to pull off, to pull out, to yank
2. to take off, to set off, to start
3. to start up
4. (computing) to boot
5. to stem from

• “arrancar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.