arrestarverb
Arrestar means to arrest, to stop or to hold back in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as arrestados, arrestaron and arrestó.
- to arrest
- to stop
- to hold back
Él finalmente fue arrestado.
He was finally arrested.
Espero que no me arresten por este error.
I hope they don't arrest me for this mistake.
En la obra, fingimos arrestar al cocinero.
In the play, we pretend to arrest the cook.
El actor arrestado en pantalla es mi vecino.
The actor arrested on screen is my neighbor.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| arrestados | masculine plural | Past participle |
| arrestaron | they | Preterite |
| arrestó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| arrestan | they | Present |
| arresta | he, she, it | Present |
| arrestando | Gerund | |
| arresten | they | Present subjunctive |
| arrestara | he, she, it | Past subjunctive |
| arrestaran | they | Past subjunctive |
| arreste | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| arresté | I | Preterite |