agarrar

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɡaˈraɾ/, [a.ɣ̞aˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: a‧ga‧rrar

Verb

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agarrar (first-person singular indicative present agarro, past participle agarráu)

  1. to grab, grasp, hold
  2. to get, get hold of, obtain
  3. to take up (space)
  4. to take, grab, help oneself to

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Mirandese

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Verb

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agarrar

  1. to grab, hold
  2. to seize

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ garra (claw) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: a‧gar‧rar

Verb

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agarrar (first-person singular present agarro, first-person singular preterite agarrei, past participle agarrado)

  1. (transitive) to grab; to grip; to grasp (hold, or take hold of, forcefully)
    Alguém me agarrou por trás.Someone grabbed me from behind.
  2. (transitive) to claw (grab or strike with one’s claws)
    A águia agarrou o peixe.The eagle clawed the fish.
  3. (pronominal) to hold on; to cling (hold very tightly) [with em ‘to something’]
    Se a escada estiver muito lisa, se agarre no corrimão.If the stairs are too slippery, hold on to the railing.
  4. (figurative, pronominal) to cling to; to love (be very fond of; to feel strongly about) [with em or a ‘someone/something’]
    Eu me agarro em leitura.I love reading.
  5. (pronominal) to have a go at; to brawl (with); to get physical (with) (engage in a physical fight) [with com or a ‘with someone’]
    Os bêbados começaram a se agarrar.The drunks began brawling.
    Um idiota queria se agarrar comigo.Some idiot wanted to fight with me.
  6. (transitive) to get physical with (make physical contact sexually)
    Os estudantes foram pegos se agarrando.The students were caught getting physical with one another.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ garra (claw) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɡaˈraɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈraɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ga‧rrar

Verb

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agarrar (first-person singular present agarro, first-person singular preterite agarré, past participle agarrado)

  1. to grab or take hold of
    Synonym: aferrar
  2. (reflexive) to hold on
    Synonym: asir
    Se agarró de mi brazo para no caerse
    She caught hold of my arm so she wouldn't fall
  3. (transitive, colloquial) to catch (an illness, feeling etc.)
    Synonyms: pillar, coger

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