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/

  1. to arrest

Conjugation

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

arrestar m

  1. indefinite plural of arrest

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

  • (file)

Verb

arrestar

  1. (transitive) to stop
  2. (transitive) to arrest

Conjugation

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)

  1. (law, transitive) to sequester the assets of a debtor, in order to ensure that they pay the debt
  2. (archaic, transitive) to seize or confiscate

Conjugation

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)

  1. to arrest
    Synonym: detener

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  1. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*arrĕstare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 316
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