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mosarani · 03-30-2008, 08:11 AM

I've seen the phrase "arrancando de" + objeto definido come up in several places, but all the online translators I've used simply return it as "starting of". In context I've seen it as "arrancando de una mujer", "arrancando de la lluvia", and others. What does the phrase "arrancando de" mean in these cases?

exxc�ntrica · 03-31-2008, 03:50 AM

Arrancar also means to rip off. We need the whole sentence.

diegonel · 03-31-2008, 07:23 AM

can you give us the context?

exxc�ntrica · 03-31-2008, 01:03 PM

Yes, diego, so true...context, always the context.....

SandraT · 04-01-2008, 08:00 AM

as other colleagues have pointed out, we need more context. there are different translations for the phrase like the one exxcentrica already mentioned
rip off for a phrase like arrancar (algo) de alguien...to rip smth off someone... (like to rip off her heart)

now, if you say arrancar de cero, well it means to start from zero. and so on...so, as you can see we do need context.

vicente · 04-01-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by SandraT

as other colleagues have pointed out, we need more context. there are different translations for the phrase like the one exxcentrica already mentioned
rip off for a phrase like arrancar (algo) de alguien...to rip smth off someone... (like to rip off her heart)

now, if you say arrancar de cero, well it means to start from zero. and so on...so, as you can see we do need context.

Hola Sandra y Exx:

In the example of "to rip off" can arrancar de be used like the English slang phrase which means to deceive or to steal?

Are you familiar with that slang? We say "It's a rip-off"...meaning something is fake, fraudulent, over-priced, or just wrong. For instance, we say "I got ripped off!" meaning someone robbed me or took advantage of me in some manner or "don't buy that, it's a rip-off!" or "That concert was a rip-off, they didn't play the songs I wanted to hear."

SandraT · 04-01-2008, 11:38 AM

Hola Vicente: at least in Latin America, arrancar is not used as rip off (with the meaning of deceive or steal).
the word we use for that rip- off is "estafar", "enga�ar" although there is one phrase that could be used for that too.we can say for example:

el vendedor "me arranc� la vida"... to express a "big time" rip off...

we got ripped off by the taxi driver...el taxista nos estaf� (nos enga��) and if you would like to use arrancar, it would have to be something like
el taxista me arranc� la vida
but the other speaker has to be right into the context cause "arrancar la vida" can also be translated in other contexts as "he took my life away from me" ( meaning I was in love with him and he left me or something like that).
Hope I didn't make it too long and twisted and you understood.

vicente · 04-01-2008, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SandraT

Hola Vicente: at least in Latin America, arrancar is not used as rip off (with the meaning of deceive or steal).
the word we use for that rip- off is "estafar", "enga�ar" although there is one phrase that could be used for that too.we can say for example:

el vendedor "me arranc� la vida"... to express a "big time" rip off...

we got ripped off by the taxi driver...el taxista nos estaf� (nos enga��) and if you would like to use arrancar, it would have to be something like
el taxista me arranc� la vida
but the other speaker has to be right into the context cause "arrancar la vida" can also be translated in other contexts as "he took my life away from me" ( meaning I was in love with him and he left me or something like that).
Hope I didn't make it too long and twisted and you understood.

I got it Sandra! Thanks very much. This can come in handy the next time I get cheated by a taxista or another lady breaks my heart (again!)

SandraT · 04-01-2008, 12:07 PM

you're welcome and I really hope you don't have to use it because you get cheated or heart broken!!!

mem286 · 04-01-2008, 01:10 PM

SandraT, you just reminded me a very popular song by Chico Novarro: "Arr�ncame la vida", that says:

Arr�ncame la vida de un tir�n
que el coraz�n, ya te lo he dado
apaga uno por uno sus latidos
pero no me lleves al camino del olvido...

The whole lyrics are here:
http://acordes.cc/?letra-de-arrancam...-chico-novarro

In Argentina it's also very usual to say "me arranc� un ojo de la cara" meaning something was so expensive I lost one of my eyes!

But as a spanish native I don't understand the expressions "arrancando de una mujer", "arrancando de la lluvia"

.

03-30-2008, 08:11 AM	#1
mosarani New Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	"Arrancando de" phrases I've seen the phrase "arrancando de" + objeto definido come up in several places, but all the online translators I've used simply return it as "starting of". In context I've seen it as "arrancando de una mujer", "arrancando de la lluvia", and others. What does the phrase "arrancando de" mean in these cases?

03-31-2008, 03:50 AM	#2
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 799 Rep Power: 541	Arrancar also means to rip off. We need the whole sentence. __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

03-31-2008, 01:03 PM	#4
exxc�ntrica Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spain Posts: 799 Rep Power: 541	Yes, diego, so true...context, always the context..... __________________ �Aunque la conducta del marido sea censurable, aunque este se d� a otros amores, la mujer virtuosa debe reverenciarlo como a un dios. Durante la infancia, una mujer debe depender de su padre, al casarse de su marido, si este muere, de sus hijos y si no los tuviera, de su soberano. Una mujer nunca debe gobernarse a s� misma." *Leyes de Manu (Libro Sagrado de la India*

04-01-2008, 08:00 AM	#5
SandraT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Havana,Cuba Posts: 778 Rep Power: 615	as other colleagues have pointed out, we need more context. there are different translations for the phrase like the one exxcentrica already mentioned rip off for a phrase like arrancar (algo) de alguien...to rip smth off someone... (like to rip off her heart) now, if you say arrancar de cero, well it means to start from zero. and so on...so, as you can see we do need context. __________________ _____________________________ [Have a nice day!!! ♥ Sandra T ♥

04-01-2008, 11:38 AM	#7
SandraT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Havana,Cuba Posts: 778 Rep Power: 615	Hola Vicente: at least in Latin America, arrancar is not used as rip off (with the meaning of deceive or steal). the word we use for that rip- off is "estafar", "enga�ar" although there is one phrase that could be used for that too.we can say for example: el vendedor "me arranc� la vida"... to express a "big time" rip off... we got ripped off by the taxi driver...el taxista nos estaf� (nos enga��) and if you would like to use arrancar, it would have to be something like el taxista me arranc� la vida but the other speaker has to be right into the context cause "arrancar la vida" can also be translated in other contexts as "he took my life away from me" ( meaning I was in love with him and he left me or something like that). Hope I didn't make it too long and twisted and you understood. __________________ _____________________________ [Have a nice day!!! ♥ Sandra T ♥

03-31-2008, 07:23 AM	#3
diegonel Contributing User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 120 Rep Power: 136	can you give us the context?

04-01-2008, 12:07 PM	#9
SandraT Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Havana,Cuba Posts: 778 Rep Power: 615	you're welcome and I really hope you don't have to use it because you get cheated or heart broken!!! __________________ _____________________________ [Have a nice day!!! ♥ Sandra T ♥

04-01-2008, 01:10 PM	#10
mem286 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Santa Fe, Argentina Posts: 757 Rep Power: 645	SandraT, you just reminded me a very popular song by Chico Novarro: "Arr�ncame la vida", that says: Arr�ncame la vida de un tir�n que el coraz�n, ya te lo he dado apaga uno por uno sus latidos pero no me lleves al camino del olvido... The whole lyrics are here: http://acordes.cc/?letra-de-arrancam...-chico-novarro In Argentina it's also very usual to say "me arranc� un ojo de la cara" meaning something was so expensive I lost one of my eyes! But as a spanish native I don't understand the expressions "arrancando de una mujer", "arrancando de la lluvia" . __________________ Mer _______________________________________________ All that is now All that is gone All that's to come and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

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