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arrancar

to pull out

VerbFrequency #1432

Transitive verb

  1. 1

    (to pull out/off) to pull out

    El jardinero tuvo que arrancar las malas hierbas.

    The gardener had to pull out the weeds.
  2. 2

    (to start (engine/machine)) to start

    Me costó arrancar el coche esta mañana.

    It was hard for me to start the car this morning.
  3. 3

    (to extract (information, confession)) to extract

    Le arrancó la verdad con muchas preguntas.

    He wrenched the truth out of him with many questions.

Intransitive verb

  1. 1

    (to start moving/running) to start

    El tren arrancó de la estación.

    The train started from the station.

1(to pull out/off)to pull out

El jardinero tuvo que arrancar las malas hierbas.

The gardener had to pull out the weeds.

Tuve que arrancar un diente flojo.

I had to pull out a loose tooth.

Él arrancó una página del cuaderno.

He pulled out a page from the notebook.

Voy a arrancar las malas hierbas.

I'm going to pull out the weeds.

2(to start (engine/machine))to start

Me costó arrancar el coche esta mañana.

It was hard for me to start the car this morning.

La vieja cortadora de césped no quería arrancar.

The old lawnmower wouldn't start.

¿Puedes ayudarme a arrancar este generador?

Can you help me start this generator?

El coche no quiere arrancar.

The car doesn't want to start.

3(to start moving/running)to start

El tren arrancó de la estación.

The train started from the station.

La carrera arrancó con un fuerte disparo.

The race started with a loud bang.

El coche arrancó rápidamente después de que el semáforo se puso en verde.

The car started quickly after the light turned green.

La carrera va a arrancar pronto.

The race is going to start soon.

4(to extract (information, confession))to extract

Le arrancó la verdad con muchas preguntas.

He wrenched the truth out of him with many questions.

Fue difícil arrancar información de él.

It was difficult to extract information from him.

La policía intentó arrancar una confesión al sospechoso.

The police tried to extract a confession from the suspect.

El dentista tuvo que arrancar un diente.

The dentist had to extract a tooth.
Verb

Forms

conditional indicative

1st singulararrancaría

2nd singulararrancarías

3rd singulararrancaría

1st pluralarrancaríamos

2nd pluralarrancaríais

3rd pluralarrancarían

future indicative

1st singulararrancaré

2nd singulararrancarás

3rd singulararrancará

1st pluralarrancaremos

2nd pluralarrancaréis

3rd pluralarrancarán

gerund

arrancando

imperative affirmative

2nd singulararranca

1st pluralarranquemos

2nd pluralarrancad

imperative negative

2nd singularno arranques

1st pluralno arranquemos

2nd pluralno arranquéis

imperfect indicative

1st singulararrancaba

2nd singulararrancabas

3rd singulararrancaba

1st pluralarrancábamos

2nd pluralarrancabais

3rd pluralarrancaban

imperfect subjunctive

1st singulararrancara

2nd singulararrancaras

3rd singulararrancara

1st pluralarrancáramos

2nd pluralarrancarais

3rd pluralarrancaran

infinitive

arrancar

participle

arrancado

pluperfect indicative

1st singularhabía arrancado

2nd singularhabías arrancado

3rd singularhabía arrancado

1st pluralhabíamos arrancado

2nd pluralhabíais arrancado

3rd pluralhabían arrancado

present indicative

1st singulararranco

2nd singulararrancas

3rd singulararranca

1st pluralarrancamos

2nd pluralarrancáis

3rd pluralarrancan

present perfect indicative

1st singularhe arrancado

2nd singularhas arrancado

3rd singularha arrancado

1st pluralhemos arrancado

2nd pluralhabéis arrancado

3rd pluralhan arrancado

present perfect subjunctive

1st singularhaya arrancado

2nd singularhayas arrancado

3rd singularhaya arrancado

1st pluralhayamos arrancado

2nd pluralhayáis arrancado

3rd pluralhayan arrancado

present subjunctive

1st singulararranque

2nd singulararranques

3rd singulararranque

1st pluralarranquemos

2nd pluralarranquéis

3rd pluralarranquen

preterite indicative

1st singulararranqué

2nd singulararrancaste

3rd singulararrancó

1st pluralarrancamos

2nd pluralarrancasteis

3rd pluralarrancaron