arrestar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”). Compare Occitan arrestar and French arrêter.
Pronunciation
Verb
arrestar (first-person singular present arresto, first-person singular preterite arrestí, past participle arrestat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to arrest
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “arrestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “arrestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “arrestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “arrestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan arrestar, from Vulgar Latin *arrestō, *arrestare, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“I stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“I stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).
Pronunciation
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Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | arrestar | aver arrestat | |||||
gerund | arrestant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | arrestat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | arrèsti | arrèsti | arrèsta | arrestam | arrestatz | arrèstan | |
imperfect | arrestavi | arrestavas | arrestava | arrestàvem | arrestàvetz | arrestan | |
preterite | arrestèri | arrestères | arrestèt | arrestèrem | arrestèretz | arrestèron | |
future | arrestarai | arrestaràs | arrestarà | arrestarem | arrestaretz | arrestaràn | |
conditional | arrestariái | arrestariás | arrestariá | arrestariam | arrestariatz | arrestarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | arrestèra | arrestèras | arrestèra | arresteram | arresteratz | arrestèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | arrèste | arrèstes | arrèste | arrestem | arrestetz | arrèsten | |
imperfect | arrestèsse | arrestèsses | arrestèsse | arrestèssem | arrestèssetz | arrestèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
arrèsta | arrestem | arrestatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre, from Latin ad- (“to”) + restō (“to stop, remain behind, stay back”), from re- (“back”) + stō (“to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʁesˈta(ʁ)/ [a.hesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.ʁesˈta(ɾ)/ [a.hesˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ʁeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.χeʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ʁesˈta(ɻ)/ [a.hesˈta(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʁɨʃˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʁɨʃˈta.ɾi/
Verb
arrestar (first-person singular present arresto, first-person singular preterite arrestei, past participle arrestado)
- (law, transitive) to sequester the assets of a debtor, in order to ensure that they pay the debt
- (archaic, transitive) to seize or confiscate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre (see there for more), possibly via a Gallo-Romance intermediate,[1] hence the lack of diphthongization in rhizotonic conjugations.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aresˈtaɾ/ [a.resˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧rres‧tar
Verb
arrestar (first-person singular present arresto, first-person singular preterite arresté, past participle arrestado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive arrestar | |||||||
dative | arrestarme | arrestarte | arrestarle, arrestarse | arrestarnos | arrestaros | arrestarles, arrestarse | |
accusative | arrestarme | arrestarte | arrestarlo, arrestarla, arrestarse | arrestarnos | arrestaros | arrestarlos, arrestarlas, arrestarse | |
with gerund arrestando | |||||||
dative | arrestándome | arrestándote | arrestándole, arrestándose | arrestándonos | arrestándoos | arrestándoles, arrestándose | |
accusative | arrestándome | arrestándote | arrestándolo, arrestándola, arrestándose | arrestándonos | arrestándoos | arrestándolos, arrestándolas, arrestándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arresta | |||||||
dative | arréstame | arréstate | arréstale | arréstanos | not used | arréstales | |
accusative | arréstame | arréstate | arréstalo, arréstala | arréstanos | not used | arréstalos, arréstalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrestá | |||||||
dative | arrestame | arrestate | arrestale | arrestanos | not used | arrestales | |
accusative | arrestame | arrestate | arrestalo, arrestala | arrestanos | not used | arrestalos, arrestalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative arreste | |||||||
dative | arrésteme | not used | arréstele, arréstese | arréstenos | not used | arrésteles | |
accusative | arrésteme | not used | arréstelo, arréstela, arréstese | arréstenos | not used | arréstelos, arréstelas | |
with first-person plural imperative arrestemos | |||||||
dative | not used | arrestémoste | arrestémosle | arrestémonos | arrestémoos | arrestémosles | |
accusative | not used | arrestémoste | arrestémoslo, arrestémosla | arrestémonos | arrestémoos | arrestémoslos, arrestémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative arrestad | |||||||
dative | arrestadme | not used | arrestadle | arrestadnos | arrestaos | arrestadles | |
accusative | arrestadme | not used | arrestadlo, arrestadla | arrestadnos | arrestaos | arrestadlos, arrestadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative arresten | |||||||
dative | arréstenme | not used | arréstenle | arréstennos | not used | arréstenles, arréstense | |
accusative | arréstenme | not used | arréstenlo, arréstenla | arréstennos | not used | arréstenlos, arréstenlas, arréstense |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “arrestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*arrĕstare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 316