arrebatar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ rebate +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁe.baˈta(ʁ)/ [a.he.baˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁe.baˈta(ʁ)/ [a.he.baˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʁe.baˈta(ɾ)/ [a.he.baˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʁe.baˈta(ʁ)/ [a.χe.baˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʁe.baˈta(ɻ)/ [a.he.baˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨ.bɐˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ʁɨ.βɐˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨ.bɐˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ʁɨ.βɐˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʁɨ.bɐˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.ʁɨ.βɐˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ar‧re‧ba‧tar

Verb

arrebatar (first-person singular present arrebato, first-person singular preterite arrebatei, past participle arrebatado)

1. to snatch, grab

   Synonym: arrancar

2. to ravish (to delight to ecstasy)

   Synonyms: encantar, extasiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrebatar (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	arrebatar
Personal	arrebatar	arrebatares	arrebatar	arrebatarmos	arrebatardes	arrebatarem
Gerund
	arrebatando
Past participle
Masculine	arrebatado			arrebatados
Feminine	arrebatada			arrebatadas
Indicative
Present	arrebato	arrebatas	arrebata	arrebatamos	arrebatais	arrebatam
Imperfect	arrebatava	arrebatavas	arrebatava	arrebatávamos	arrebatáveis	arrebatavam
Preterite	arrebatei	arrebataste	arrebatou	arrebatamos1, arrebatámos2	arrebatastes	arrebataram
Pluperfect	arrebatara	arrebataras	arrebatara	arrebatáramos	arrebatáreis	arrebataram
Future	arrebatarei	arrebatarás	arrebatará	arrebataremos	arrebatareis	arrebatarão
Conditional	arrebataria	arrebatarias	arrebataria	arrebataríamos	arrebataríeis	arrebatariam
Subjunctive
Present	arrebate	arrebates	arrebate	arrebatemos	arrebateis	arrebatem
Imperfect	arrebatasse	arrebatasses	arrebatasse	arrebatássemos	arrebatásseis	arrebatassem
Future	arrebatar	arrebatares	arrebatar	arrebatarmos	arrebatardes	arrebatarem
Imperative
Affirmative		arrebata	arrebate	arrebatemos	arrebatai	arrebatem
Negative (não)		não arrebates	não arrebate	não arrebatemos	não arrebateis	não arrebatem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• arrebatado
• arrebatamento

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ rebatar, from rebato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arebaˈtaɾ/ [a.re.β̞aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧rre‧ba‧tar

Verb

arrebatar (first-person singular present arrebato, first-person singular preterite arrebaté, past participle arrebatado)

1. (ditransitive) to snatch, wrest

   Synonym: (obsolete) rebatar

   • 2017 July, “Obituario 2016”, in La Nacion‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 September 2017:

     Bailaba como si su pequeño cuerpo pudiera soportarlo y, al fin, esa exigencia física jugó un papel en arrebatárnoslo: Prince Rogers Nelson falleció por una sobredosis de opiáceos analgésicos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to captivate (with beauty)
3. (transitive) to take (a life)
4. (reflexive) to get angry, to get carried away

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arrebatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arrebatar
gerund			arrebatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arrebatado		arrebatada
		plural		arrebatados		arrebatadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrebato	arrebatastú arrebatásvos	arrebata	arrebatamos	arrebatáis	arrebatan
	imperfect	arrebataba	arrebatabas	arrebataba	arrebatábamos	arrebatabais	arrebataban
	preterite	arrebaté	arrebataste	arrebató	arrebatamos	arrebatasteis	arrebataron
	future	arrebataré	arrebatarás	arrebatará	arrebataremos	arrebataréis	arrebatarán
	conditional	arrebataría	arrebatarías	arrebataría	arrebataríamos	arrebataríais	arrebatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arrebate	arrebatestú arrebatésvos2	arrebate	arrebatemos	arrebatéis	arrebaten
	imperfect (ra)	arrebatara	arrebataras	arrebatara	arrebatáramos	arrebatarais	arrebataran
	imperfect (se)	arrebatase	arrebatases	arrebatase	arrebatásemos	arrebataseis	arrebatasen
	future1	arrebatare	arrebatares	arrebatare	arrebatáremos	arrebatareis	arrebataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arrebatatú arrebatávos	arrebate	arrebatemos	arrebatad	arrebaten
	negative		no arrebates	no arrebate	no arrebatemos	no arrebatéis	no arrebaten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arrebatar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive arrebatar	dative	arrebatarme	arrebatarte	arrebatarle, arrebatarse	arrebatarnos	arrebataros	arrebatarles, arrebatarse
	accusative	arrebatarme	arrebatarte	arrebatarlo, arrebatarla, arrebatarse	arrebatarnos	arrebataros	arrebatarlos, arrebatarlas, arrebatarse
with gerund arrebatando	dative	arrebatándome	arrebatándote	arrebatándole, arrebatándose	arrebatándonos	arrebatándoos	arrebatándoles, arrebatándose
	accusative	arrebatándome	arrebatándote	arrebatándolo, arrebatándola, arrebatándose	arrebatándonos	arrebatándoos	arrebatándolos, arrebatándolas, arrebatándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative arrebata	dative	arrebátame	arrebátate	arrebátale	arrebátanos	not used	arrebátales
	accusative	arrebátame	arrebátate	arrebátalo, arrebátala	arrebátanos	not used	arrebátalos, arrebátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative arrebatá	dative	arrebatame	arrebatate	arrebatale	arrebatanos	not used	arrebatales
	accusative	arrebatame	arrebatate	arrebatalo, arrebatala	arrebatanos	not used	arrebatalos, arrebatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arrebate	dative	arrebáteme	not used	arrebátele, arrebátese	arrebátenos	not used	arrebáteles
	accusative	arrebáteme	not used	arrebátelo, arrebátela, arrebátese	arrebátenos	not used	arrebátelos, arrebátelas
with first-person plural imperative arrebatemos	dative	not used	arrebatémoste	arrebatémosle	arrebatémonos	arrebatémoos	arrebatémosles
	accusative	not used	arrebatémoste	arrebatémoslo, arrebatémosla	arrebatémonos	arrebatémoos	arrebatémoslos, arrebatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arrebatad	dative	arrebatadme	not used	arrebatadle	arrebatadnos	arrebataos	arrebatadles
	accusative	arrebatadme	not used	arrebatadlo, arrebatadla	arrebatadnos	arrebataos	arrebatadlos, arrebatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arrebaten	dative	arrebátenme	not used	arrebátenle	arrebátennos	not used	arrebátenles, arrebátense
	accusative	arrebátenme	not used	arrebátenlo, arrebátenla	arrebátennos	not used	arrebátenlos, arrebátenlas, arrebátense

Derived terms

• arrebatado
• arrebatador
• arrebatamiento
• arrebato

 

Descendants

• → Italian: arrabattarsi

Further reading

• “arrebatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10