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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian agguantare. Compare Spanish aguantar.
Pronunciation
Verb
aguentar (first-person singular present aguento, first-person singular preterite aguentei, past participle aguentado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to support (to keep from falling)
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) to bear, to put up with
- Synonym: suportar
- Não aguento mais! ― I can't stand it anymore!
- Ele não aguenta uma piada. ― He can't take a joke.
- (intransitive) to hold out; to hold on
Temos de aguentar até ao fim.- We shall hold on till the end.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to hold; to hold up
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.