Polyglot Dictionary

agarrar

/aɡaˈxaɾ/

verb B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
agarro
preterite (eu)
agarrei
past participle
agarrado

Meaning

  1. to grab

    • Agarrei o corrimão.

      I grabbed the handrail.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

pegar

agarrar and pegar are close synonyms for "to grab"; pegar also separately means "to take."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

agarrar

agarrar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to grab."

Practice

1 What does agarrar mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ o corrimão.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches agarrar?

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