SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

arrancar

to pull out

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

arrancar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarranco
túarrancas
él / ella / ustedarranca
nosotros / nosotrasarrancamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrancáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrancan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

arrancar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarranqué
túarrancaste
él / ella / ustedarrancó
nosotros / nosotrasarrancamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrancasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrancaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

arrancar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrancaba
túarrancabas
él / ella / ustedarrancaba
nosotros / nosotrasarrancábamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrancabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrancaban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

arrancar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrancaré
túarrancarás
él / ella / ustedarrancará
nosotros / nosotrasarrancaremos
vosotros / vosotrasarrancaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrancarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

arrancar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarrancaría
túarrancarías
él / ella / ustedarrancaría
nosotros / nosotrasarrancaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasarrancaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesarrancarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

arrancar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoarranque
túarranques
él / ella / ustedarranque
nosotros / nosotrasarranquemos
vosotros / vosotrasarranquéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesarranquen

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to pull out
  • to unsheathe (a sword, dagger, etc.)
  • to rip, to tear

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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