arrancar 

article & verb transitive 

 

1. To pull up by the roots, to extirpate. 

Una historia que arranca lágrimas -> a story to make one cry 

2. To force out, to wrest. 

Le arrancó el bolso -> he snatched her handbag 

3. To pull out a nail, to draw out a tooth. 

4. To carry off with violence. 

5. To force up phlegm, bile, etc. 6. 

6. To begin an arch or vault. 

7. To get afloat, or set sail. (Nautical) 

Arrancar de raíz -> to root out or up 

Arrancar la espada -> to unsheath the sword 

Arrancársele a uno el alma -> to die broken-hearted verb reflexive 

 

8. to run off with the profits. (Andes & Caribbean & Mexico)