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]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• 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/

1. to arrest

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrestar (first conjugation)

infinitive			arrestar
gerund			arrestant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrestat		arrestada
		plural		arrestats		arrestades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arresto	arrestes	arresta	arrestem	arresteu	arresten
	imperfect	arrestava	arrestaves	arrestava	arrestàvem	arrestàveu	arrestaven
	future	arrestaré	arrestaràs	arrestarà	arrestarem	arrestareu	arrestaran
	preterite	arrestí	arrestares	arrestà	arrestàrem	arrestàreu	arrestaren
	conditional	arrestaria	arrestaries	arrestaria	arrestaríem	arrestaríeu	arrestarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	arresti	arrestis	arresti	arrestem	arresteu	arrestin
	imperfect	arrestés	arrestessis	arrestés	arrestéssim	arrestéssiu	arrestessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	arresta	arresti	arrestem	arresteu	arrestin
	negative (no)	—	no arrestis	no arresti	no arrestem	no arresteu	no arrestin

Related terms

• arrest

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, 2025
• “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

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

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

arrestar

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

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
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)]

• (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/

• (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

    Conjugation of arrestar (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	arrestar
Personal	arrestar	arrestares	arrestar	arrestarmos	arrestardes	arrestarem
Gerund
	arrestando
Past participle
Masculine	arrestado			arrestados
Feminine	arrestada			arrestadas
Indicative
Present	arresto	arrestas	arresta	arrestamos	arrestais	arrestam
Imperfect	arrestava	arrestavas	arrestava	arrestávamos	arrestáveis	arrestavam
Preterite	arrestei	arrestaste	arrestou	arrestamos1, arrestámos2	arrestastes	arrestaram
Pluperfect	arrestara	arrestaras	arrestara	arrestáramos	arrestáreis	arrestaram
Future	arrestarei	arrestarás	arrestará	arrestaremos	arrestareis	arrestarão
Conditional	arrestaria	arrestarias	arrestaria	arrestaríamos	arrestaríeis	arrestariam
Subjunctive
Present	arreste	arrestes	arreste	arrestemos	arresteis	arrestem
Imperfect	arrestasse	arrestasses	arrestasse	arrestássemos	arrestásseis	arrestassem
Future	arrestar	arrestares	arrestar	arrestarmos	arrestardes	arrestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arresta	arreste	arrestemos	arrestai	arrestem
Negative (não)		não arrestes	não arreste	não arrestemos	não arresteis	não arrestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• arrestante
• arresto

Further reading

• “arrestar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “arrestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025