arrabassar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ rabassa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.rə.βəˈsa]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.rə.bəˈsa]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.ra.baˈsaɾ]

Verb

arrabassar (first-person singular present arrabasso, first-person singular preterite arrabassí, past participle arrabassat)

to pull, to yank; to uproot
Synonym: arrencar
- 2021 April 23, Blanca Cia, “Sant Jordi planta cara a la pandèmia a Barcelona”, in El País‎:
  El sol, la temperatura i les ganes de recuperar la festa que la pandèmia va arrabassar l'any passat es notaven.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to snatch, to grab; to steal

Conjugation

Conjugation of arrabassar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			arrabassar
gerund			arrabassant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrabassat		arrabassada
		plural		arrabassats		arrabassades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrabasso	arrabasses	arrabassa	arrabassem	arrabasseu	arrabassen
	imperfect	arrabassava	arrabassaves	arrabassava	arrabassàvem	arrabassàveu	arrabassaven
	future	arrabassaré	arrabassaràs	arrabassarà	arrabassarem	arrabassareu	arrabassaran
	preterite	arrabassí	arrabassares	arrabassà	arrabassàrem	arrabassàreu	arrabassaren
	conditional	arrabassaria	arrabassaries	arrabassaria	arrabassaríem	arrabassaríeu	arrabassarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrabassi	arrabassis	arrabassi	arrabassem	arrabasseu	arrabassin
	imperfect	arrabassés	arrabassessis	arrabassés	arrabasséssim	arrabasséssiu	arrabassessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arrabassa	arrabassi	arrabassem	arrabasseu	arrabassin
	negative (no)	—	no arrabassis	no arrabassi	no arrabassem	no arrabasseu	no arrabassin

Further reading

“arrabassar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“arrabassar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“arrabassar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“arrabassar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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