arrancar

/aranˈkaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to pull out

🗡️ a-RRAN-car: a car RAN off, ripped out of its parking spot

The middle of arrancar sounds like ran + car. A car that ran off was torn from its place, which matches to pull out, to rip. In Spanish, arrancar is also the everyday verb for starting a car engine, so the car link is real.

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