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Asturian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aɡaˈraɾ/ ,
Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: a‧ga‧rrar
Verb
agarrar (first-person singular indicative present agarro , past participle agarráu )
to grab , grasp , hold
to get , get hold of , obtain
to take up ( space )
to take , grab , help oneself to
Conjugation
Conjugation of agarrar
infinitive
agarrar
gerund
agarrando
past participle
m agarráu , f agarrada , n agarrao , m pl agarraos , f pl agarraes
person
first singular yo
second singular tu
third singular él/elli
first plural nosotros/nós
second plural vosotros/vós
third plural ellos
indicative
present
agarro
agarres
agarra
agarramos
agarráis
agarren
imperfect
agarraba
agarrabes
agarraba
agarrábemos , agarrábamos
agarrabeis , agarrabais
agarraben
preterite
agarré
agarrasti , agarresti
agarró
agarremos
agarrastis , agarrestis
agarraron
pluperfect
agarrare , agarrara
agarrares , agarraras
agarrare , agarrara
agarráremos , agarráramos
agarrareis , agarrarais
agarraren , agarraran
future
agarraré
agarrarás
agarrará
agarraremos
agarraréis
agarrarán
conditional
agarraría
agarraríes
agarraría
agarraríemos , agarraríamos
agarraríeis , agarraríais
agarraríen
subjunctive
present
agarre
agarres , agarras
agarre
agarremos
agarréis
agarren , agarran
imperfect
agarrare , agarrara
agarrares , agarraras
agarrare , agarrara
agarráremos , agarráramos
agarrareis , agarrarais
agarraren , agarraran
imperative
—
agarra
—
—
agarrái
—
Mirandese
Verb
agarrar
to grab , hold
to seize
Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + garra ( “ claw ” ) + -ar .
Pronunciation
Verb
agarrar (first-person singular present agarro , first-person singular preterite agarrei , past participle agarrado )
( transitive ) to grab ; to grip ; to grasp ( hold, or take hold of, forcefully )
Alguém me agarrou por trás. ― Someone grabbed me from behind.
( transitive ) to claw ( grab or strike with one’s claws )
A águia agarrou o peixe. ― The eagle clawed the fish.
( pronominal ) to hold on ; to cling ( hold very tightly )
Se a escada estiver muito lisa, se agarre no corrimão. ― If the stairs are too slippery, hold on to the railing.
( figurative , pronominal ) to cling to; to love ( be very fond of; to feel strongly about )
Eu me agarro em leitura. ― I love reading.
( pronominal ) to have a go at ; to brawl (with); to get physical (with) ( engage in a physical fight )
Os bêbados começaram a se agarrar . ― The drunks began brawling .
Um idiota queria se agarrar comigo. ― Some idiot wanted to fight with me.
( transitive ) to get physical with ( make physical contact sexually )
Os estudantes foram pegos se agarrando . ― The students were caught getting physical with one another.
Conjugation
1 Brazilian Portuguese.2 European Portuguese.
See also
Further reading
“agarrar ”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008 –2024
“agarrar ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006 –2024
“agarrar ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
“agarrar ”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003 –2024
“agarrar ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015 –2024
“agarrar ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008 –2024
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + garra ( “ claw ” ) + -ar .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /aɡaˈraɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧ga‧rrar
Verb
agarrar (first-person singular present agarro , first-person singular preterite agarré , past participle agarrado )
to grab or take hold of
Synonym: aferrar
( reflexive ) to hold on
Synonym: asir
Se agarró de mi brazo para no caerseShe caught hold of my arm so she wouldn't fall
( transitive , colloquial ) to catch ( an illness, feeling etc. )
Synonyms: pillar , coger
Conjugation
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of agarrar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular
plural
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
with infinitive agarrar
dative
agarrarme
agarrarte
agarrarle , agarrarse
agarrarnos
agarraros
agarrarles , agarrarse
accusative
agarrarme
agarrarte
agarrarlo , agarrarla , agarrarse
agarrarnos
agarraros
agarrarlos , agarrarlas , agarrarse
with gerund agarrando
dative
agarrándome
agarrándote
agarrándole , agarrándose
agarrándonos
agarrándoos
agarrándoles , agarrándose
accusative
agarrándome
agarrándote
agarrándolo , agarrándola , agarrándose
agarrándonos
agarrándoos
agarrándolos , agarrándolas , agarrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative agarra
dative
agárrame
agárrate
agárrale
agárranos
not used
agárrales
accusative
agárrame
agárrate
agárralo , agárrala
agárranos
not used
agárralos , agárralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative agarrá
dative
agarrame
agarrate
agarrale
agarranos
not used
agarrales
accusative
agarrame
agarrate
agarralo , agarrala
agarranos
not used
agarralos , agarralas
with formal second-person singular imperative agarre
dative
agárreme
not used
agárrele , agárrese
agárrenos
not used
agárreles
accusative
agárreme
not used
agárrelo , agárrela , agárrese
agárrenos
not used
agárrelos , agárrelas
with first-person plural imperative agarremos
dative
not used
agarrémoste
agarrémosle
agarrémonos
agarrémoos
agarrémosles
accusative
not used
agarrémoste
agarrémoslo , agarrémosla
agarrémonos
agarrémoos
agarrémoslos , agarrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative agarrad
dative
agarradme
not used
agarradle
agarradnos
agarraos
agarradles
accusative
agarradme
not used
agarradlo , agarradla
agarradnos
agarraos
agarradlos , agarradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative agarren
dative
agárrenme
not used
agárrenle
agárrennos
not used
agárrenles , agárrense
accusative
agárrenme
not used
agárrenlo , agárrenla
agárrennos
not used
agárrenlos , agárrenlas , agárrense
Derived terms
Further reading