agarrar

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

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

agarrar

1. to grab, hold
2. to seize

From a- +‎ garra (“claw”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧gar‧rar

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. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with em) to hold on (to); to cling (to) (hold very tightly)

   Se a escada estiver muito lisa, se agarre no corrimão. ― If the stairs are too slippery, hold on to the railing.

4. (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or a) to cling to; to love (be very fond of; to feel strongly about)

   Eu me agarro em leitura. ― I love reading.

5. (takes a reflexive pronoun, intransitive, or transitive with com or a) 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.

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.

• “agarrar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “agarrar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “agarrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “agarrar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “agarrar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “agarrar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From a- +‎ garra (“claw”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈraɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈraɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧rrar

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

• “agarrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014