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ellos arrestan

arrest, take into custody

→ arrestar
arrest to arrest + an third-person plural present
verb · 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #42,688
arrest, take into custody In everyday Spanish, arrestar usually means to arrest someone, rather than to stop or hinder something.
SP: Los policías arrestan al ladrón.
EN: The police arrest the thief.
Conjugation of arrestar
SingularPlural
First arrestarme —
arrestararrestarlo
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First arresto arrestamos
Third — arrestan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First arresto arrestamos
Third — arrestan

Hice algunas preguntas sobre el capitán y casi me arrestan.

I asked some questions about the captain and I almost got arrested.

— Por un puñado de dólares (1964)

Casi te arrestan.

You almost got arrested.

— El tiempo contigo (2019)

Si entras de nuevo y te arrestan, vas derecho a la cárcel.

If you go back in and get arrested, you’re going straight to jail.

— Ya no estoy aquí (2019)

No importa si me arrestan.

I don't care if they arrest me.

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Si es un asesino, ¿por qué no lo arrestan?

If he's a murderer, why don't they arrest him?

— Mi pobre angelito (1990)

Si no me arrestan, no me arrestan.

If they don't arrest me, they don't arrest me.

— Los ilusionistas 3: Ahora me ves, ahora no (2025)