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arrebatar

/arebaˈtaɾ/

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verb/arebaˈtaɾ/

to snatch, wrest; to captivate (with beauty); to take (a life); to get angry, to get carried away

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.

Synonyms: rebatar

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Spanish a- Arabic رَابَطَ (rābaṭa)der. Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ) Andalusian Arabic رباط (ribāt)bor. Spanish rebato Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Old Spanish -ar Spanish -ar Spanish rebatar Spanish arrebatar From a- + rebatar.