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arrestare

arrest

verb ahr-reh-STAH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin ad-restare ('to stop')

Also means

halt

Usage Note

Arrestare means both to arrest a person and to bring something to a stop, arrestare l'emorragia. The reflexive arrestarsi means to come to a halt, used of vehicles or processes.

Examples

"La polizia ha arrestato il ladro."

Natural Translation

The police arrested the thief.

Literal Translation

The police has arrested the thief.

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