arrasar

Catalan

Etymology

• a- +‎ ras +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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

Verb

arrasar (first-person singular present arraso, first-person singular preterite arrasí, past participle arrasat)

1. (transitive) to sweep away, to raze, to clear cut, to devastate
2. (intransitive) to triumph

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrasar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arrasar
gerund			arrasant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrasat		arrasada
		plural		arrasats		arrasades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arraso	arrases	arrasa	arrasem	arraseu	arrasen
	imperfect	arrasava	arrasaves	arrasava	arrasàvem	arrasàveu	arrasaven
	future	arrasaré	arrasaràs	arrasarà	arrasarem	arrasareu	arrasaran
	preterite	arrasí	arrasares	arrasà	arrasàrem	arrasàreu	arrasaren
	conditional	arrasaria	arrasaries	arrasaria	arrasaríem	arrasaríeu	arrasarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arrasi	arrasis	arrasi	arrasem	arraseu	arrasin
	imperfect	arrasés	arrasessis	arrasés	arraséssim	arraséssiu	arrasessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arrasa	arrasi	arrasem	arraseu	arrasin
	negative (no)	—	no arrasis	no arrasi	no arrasem	no arraseu	no arrasin

Further reading

• “arrasar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.haˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.haˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ɾ)/ [a.haˈza(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ʁ)/ [a.χaˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁaˈza(ɻ)/ [a.haˈza(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɐˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ar‧ra‧sar

Verb

arrasar (first-person singular present arraso, first-person singular preterite arrasei, past participle arrasado)

1. to raze, demolish
2. (slang) to do something very well so that one gets popular attention

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrasar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrasar
Personal	arrasar	arrasares	arrasar	arrasarmos	arrasardes	arrasarem
Gerund
	arrasando
Past participle
Masculine	arrasado			arrasados
Feminine	arrasada			arrasadas
Indicative
Present	arraso	arrasas	arrasa	arrasamos	arrasais	arrasam
Imperfect	arrasava	arrasavas	arrasava	arrasávamos	arrasáveis	arrasavam
Preterite	arrasei	arrasaste	arrasou	arrasamos1, arrasámos2	arrasastes	arrasaram
Pluperfect	arrasara	arrasaras	arrasara	arrasáramos	arrasáreis	arrasaram
Future	arrasarei	arrasarás	arrasará	arrasaremos	arrasareis	arrasarão
Conditional	arrasaria	arrasarias	arrasaria	arrasaríamos	arrasaríeis	arrasariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrase	arrases	arrase	arrasemos	arraseis	arrasem
Imperfect	arrasasse	arrasasses	arrasasse	arrasássemos	arrasásseis	arrasassem
Future	arrasar	arrasares	arrasar	arrasarmos	arrasardes	arrasarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arrasa	arrase	arrasemos	arrasai	arrasem
Negative (não)		não arrases	não arrase	não arrasemos	não arraseis	não arrasem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From rasar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /araˈsaɾ/ [a.raˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rra‧sar

Verb

arrasar (first-person singular present arraso, first-person singular preterite arrasé, past participle arrasado)

1. (transitive) to level, to smooth

   Synonym: allanar

2. (transitive) to raze, to destroy

   Synonyms: destruir, arruinar, derruir, desmantelar

3. (intransitive) to annihilate, to devastate, to ravage, to exterminate [with con ‘something’]

   Synonyms: aniquilar, devastar, asolar, exterminar

4. (intransitive, figurative) to triumph, to crush, to sweep (to be phenomenally successful)
   • 2021 May 4, Carlos E. Cué, “Ayuso arrasa en Madrid”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Las cosas han cambiado mucho en el PP actual, pero el esquema se repite de alguna manera. Ayuso arrasa y tiene todo el poder en Madrid, la comunidad más rica y la que más peso político y mediático acumula, al ser la capital política y financiera y la sede de los principales medios de comunicación del país.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrasar
gerund			arrasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrasado		arrasada
		plural		arrasados		arrasadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arraso	arrasastú arrasásvos	arrasa	arrasamos	arrasáis	arrasan
	imperfect	arrasaba	arrasabas	arrasaba	arrasábamos	arrasabais	arrasaban
	preterite	arrasé	arrasaste	arrasó	arrasamos	arrasasteis	arrasaron
	future	arrasaré	arrasarás	arrasará	arrasaremos	arrasaréis	arrasarán
	conditional	arrasaría	arrasarías	arrasaría	arrasaríamos	arrasaríais	arrasarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrase	arrasestú arrasésvos2	arrase	arrasemos	arraséis	arrasen
	imperfect (ra)	arrasara	arrasaras	arrasara	arrasáramos	arrasarais	arrasaran
	imperfect (se)	arrasase	arrasases	arrasase	arrasásemos	arrasaseis	arrasasen
	future1	arrasare	arrasares	arrasare	arrasáremos	arrasareis	arrasaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrasatú arrasávos	arrase	arrasemos	arrasad	arrasen
	negative		no arrases	no arrase	no arrasemos	no arraséis	no arrasen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arrasar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arrasar	dative	arrasarme	arrasarte	arrasarle, arrasarse	arrasarnos	arrasaros	arrasarles, arrasarse
	accusative	arrasarme	arrasarte	arrasarlo, arrasarla, arrasarse	arrasarnos	arrasaros	arrasarlos, arrasarlas, arrasarse
with gerund arrasando	dative	arrasándome	arrasándote	arrasándole, arrasándose	arrasándonos	arrasándoos	arrasándoles, arrasándose
	accusative	arrasándome	arrasándote	arrasándolo, arrasándola, arrasándose	arrasándonos	arrasándoos	arrasándolos, arrasándolas, arrasándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arrasa	dative	arrásame	arrásate	arrásale	arrásanos	not used	arrásales
	accusative	arrásame	arrásate	arrásalo, arrásala	arrásanos	not used	arrásalos, arrásalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrasá	dative	arrasame	arrasate	arrasale	arrasanos	not used	arrasales
	accusative	arrasame	arrasate	arrasalo, arrasala	arrasanos	not used	arrasalos, arrasalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrase	dative	arráseme	not used	arrásele, arrásese	arrásenos	not used	arráseles
	accusative	arráseme	not used	arráselo, arrásela, arrásese	arrásenos	not used	arráselos, arráselas
with first-person plural imperative arrasemos	dative	not used	arrasémoste	arrasémosle	arrasémonos	arrasémoos	arrasémosles
	accusative	not used	arrasémoste	arrasémoslo, arrasémosla	arrasémonos	arrasémoos	arrasémoslos, arrasémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrasad	dative	arrasadme	not used	arrasadle	arrasadnos	arrasaos	arrasadles
	accusative	arrasadme	not used	arrasadlo, arrasadla	arrasadnos	arrasaos	arrasadlos, arrasadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrasen	dative	arrásenme	not used	arrásenle	arrásennos	not used	arrásenles, arrásense
	accusative	arrásenme	not used	arrásenlo, arrásenla	arrásennos	not used	arrásenlos, arrásenlas, arrásense

Derived terms

• arrasador
• arrasamiento

 

Further reading

• “arrasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10