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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