arrincar

Galician

Alternative forms

• arrancar

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Latin ēruncāre (“to weed out”) or ērādīcāre (“to uproot”); alternatively ultimately from Germanic *hringaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ariŋˈkaɾ/ [a.riŋˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

arrincar (first-person singular present arrinco, first-person singular preterite arrinquei, past participle arrincado)

1. (archaic) to rout, beat, defeat
2. to uproot

   Synonym: arrigar

   A raíz do toxo verde é moi mala de arrincar; os amoriños primeiros son moi malos de olvidar (folk song)

   Green gorse stump is so hard to uproot; first love is so hard to forget

   • 1459, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 332:

     en como foran por cuatro ou çinco veses á hua sua horta, que está en Ouçande, et que lla astragaran toda eno veraao et en este inuerno et quarta feira, et o dia donte se foran outra ves á dita orta, dando ena viña et orta, et arrincaran as verças et coellas, fasta un carro de verças, et todas arrincaran et leuaran, en diñeiros que non quisera por tresentos morauedis vellos

     and how they went four or five times to his garden, which is in Ouzande; and how they destroyed it completely in the summer and this winter and Wednesday; and yesterday they went again to said garden, by the vineyard and garden, and they uprooted the greens collards and young collards, till a cartful of green collards, and that all of them they uprooted and took away, valued no less than three hundred old maravedis

3. to extract, pull out

   Synonyms: sacar, extraer

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 861:

     com̃o estauam sen sospeyta, chegarõ aos madeyros, et ante que se os cristãos huuyassem a perceber nẽ chegar y, ouuerõ elles atado muy fortes sogas a hũu madeyro et arrincarõno; et foronse asi cõ el a muy gran pressa, dando uozes et allaridos.

     as they [the Christians] were unaware, they [the Moors] arrived to the ships, and before the Christians noticed or came by, they had tied strong ropes to a ship and pulled it out; and they went away hastily with it, shouting and yelling

4. to start (a machine or vehicle)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrincar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrincar
Personal	arrincar	arrincares	arrincar	arrincarmos	arrincardes	arrincaren
Gerund
	arrincando
Past participle
Masculine	arrincado			arrincados
Feminine	arrincada			arrincadas
Indicative
Present	arrinco	arrincas	arrinca	arrincamos	arrincades	arrincan
Imperfect	arrincaba	arrincabas	arrincaba	arrincabamos	arrincabades	arrincaban
Preterite	arrinquei	arrincaches	arrincou	arrincamos	arrincastes	arrincaron
Pluperfect	arrincara	arrincaras	arrincara	arrincaramos	arrincarades	arrincaran
Future	arrincarei	arrincarás	arrincará	arrincaremos	arrincaredes	arrincarán
Conditional	arrincaría	arrincarías	arrincaría	arrincariamos	arrincariades	arrincarían
Subjunctive
Present	arrinque	arrinques	arrinque	arrinquemos	arrinquedes	arrinquen
Imperfect	arrincase	arrincases	arrincase	arrincásemos	arrincásedes	arrincasen
Future	arrincar	arrincares	arrincar	arrincarmos	arrincardes	arrincaren
Imperative
Affirmative		arrinca	arrinque	arrinquemos	arrincade	arrinquen
Negative (non)		non arrinques	non arrinque	non arrinquemos	non arrinquedes	non arrinquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of arrincar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	arrincar
Personal	arrincar	arrincares	arrincar	arrincarmos	arrincardes	arrincarem
Gerund
	arrincando
Past participle
Masculine	arrincado			arrincados
Feminine	arrincada			arrincadas
Indicative
Present	arrinco	arrincas	arrinca	arrincamos	arrincades, arrincais	arrincam
Imperfect	arrincava	arrincavas	arrincava	arrincávamos	arrincávades, arrincáveis, arrincávais1	arrincavam
Preterite	arrinquei	arrincaste, arrincache1	arrincou	arrincamos	arrincastes	arrincárom, arrincaram
Pluperfect	arrincara	arrincaras	arrincara	arrincáramos	arrincárades, arrincáreis, arrincárais1	arrincaram
Future	arrincarei	arrincarás	arrincará	arrincaremos	arrincaredes, arrincareis	arrincarám, arrincarão
Conditional	arrincaria	arrincarias	arrincaria	arrincaríamos	arrincaríades, arrincaríeis, arrincaríais1	arrincariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrinque	arrinques	arrinque	arrinquemos	arrinquedes, arrinqueis	arrinquem
Imperfect	arrincasse	arrincasses	arrincasse	arrincássemos	arrincássedes, arrincásseis	arrincassem
Future	arrincar	arrincares	arrincar	arrincarmos	arrincardes	arrincarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arrinca	arrinque	arrinquemos	arrincade, arrincai	arrinquem
Negative (nom)		nom arrinques	nom arrinque	nom arrinquemos	nom arrinquedes, nom arrinqueis	nom arrinquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• derrancar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arrincar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arrin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrincar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arrincar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “arrincar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrincar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Occitan

Alternative forms

• arrinca (Mistralian)

Etymology

Compare Galician arrincar.

Verb

arrincar

1. to uproot