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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + garrote + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡaroˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ga‧rro‧tar
Verb
agarrotar (first-person singular present agarroto, first-person singular preterite agarroté, past participle agarrotado)
- to make stiff, to stiffen (muscles etc.)
- to tie tight
- to strangle
- to cause to seize up
- (reflexive, of muscles) to stiffen
- (reflexive, of a machine) to seize up (to stop working)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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