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arrancar

to start

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a spelling-change -ar verb.

The Spanish verb arrancar means to start.

Present tense:

yoarranco
arrancas
él/ella/ustedarranca
nosotrosarrancamos
vosotrosarrancáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancan

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancaran
yoarrancara
arrancaras
vosotrosarrancarais
nosotrosarrancáramos
él/ella/ustedarrancara

The imperfect subjunctive of arrancar is regular (arrancara) and uses the -ra or -se endings.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesarranquen
yoarranque
arranques
vosotrosarranquéis
nosotrosarranquemos
él/ella/ustedarranque

The present subjunctive of arrancar undergoes a spelling change: arranque, arranques, arranque, arranquemos, arranquéis, arranquen.

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imperative

negative

no arranques
vosotrosno arranquéis
ustedesno arranquen
nosotrosno arranquemos
ustedno arranque

The negative imperative of arrancar uses the 'qu' spelling change: no arranques, no arranque, no arranquemos, no arranquéis, no arranquen.

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affirmative

arranca
vosotrosarrancad
ustedesarranquen
nosotrosarranquemos
ustedarranque

The imperative of arrancar gives direct commands: arranca (tú), arranque (usted), arranquen (ustedes).

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancarían
yoarrancaría
arrancarías
vosotrosarrancaríais
nosotrosarrancaríamos
él/ella/ustedarrancaría

The conditional of arrancar is regular: arrancaría, arrancarías, arrancaría, arrancaríamos, arrancaríais, arrancarían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancaron
yoarranqué
arrancaste
vosotrosarrancasteis
nosotrosarrancamos
él/ella/ustedarrancó

The preterite of arrancar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (arranqué), but is otherwise regular.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancaban
yoarrancaba
arrancabas
vosotrosarrancabais
nosotrosarrancábamos
él/ella/ustedarrancaba

The imperfect of arrancar is regular: arrancaba, arrancabas, arrancaba, arrancábamos, arrancabais, arrancaban.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancan
yoarranco
arrancas
vosotrosarrancáis
nosotrosarrancamos
él/ella/ustedarranca

The present tense of arrancar is completely regular: arranco, arrancas, arranca, arrancamos, arrancáis, arrancan.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesarrancarán
yoarrancaré
arrancarás
vosotrosarrancaréis
nosotrosarrancaremos
él/ella/ustedarrancará

The future tense of arrancar is regular: arrancaré, arrancarás, arrancará, arrancaremos, arrancaréis, arrancarán.

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