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 === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.rəsˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.resˈtaɾ] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) Hyphenation: a‧rres‧tar === Verb === arrestar (first-person singular present arresto, first-person singular preterite arrestí, past participle arrestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ to arrest ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “arrestar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “arrestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “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 == === Noun === arrestar m 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 === === Verb === arrestar (transitive) to stop (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 === === 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== arrestante arresto === Further reading === “arrestar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “arrestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arrestāre (see there for more), possibly via a Gallo-Romance intermediate, 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) to arrest Synonym: detener ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “arrestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025