# agarrar
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɡaˈraɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈraɾ]
* 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
## Galician
### Etymology

From a- +‎ garra (“claw”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɡaˈraɾ/ [ɑ.ɣ̞ɑˈraɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /aɡaˈraɾ/ [ɑ.ɣ̞ɑˈraɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /aħaˈraɾ/ [ɑ.ħɑˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧ga‧rrar

### 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)
* (transitive) to claw (grab or strike with one’s claws)
* (pronominal) to hold on; to cling (hold very tightly) [with em ‘to something’]
* (intransitive, of plants) to root
* (intransitive, of cattle) to become pregnant

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agarrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “agarrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agarrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “agarrar” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

## Mirandese
### Verb

agarrar
* to grab, hold
* to seize

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ garra (“claw”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.ɡaˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.ɡaˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧gar‧rar

### 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) [with em ‘to something’]
    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) [with em or a ‘someone/something’]
    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) [with com or a ‘with someone’]
    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

* apanhar
* segurar

### Further reading

* “agarrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “agarrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “agarrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “agarrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ garra (“claw”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɡaˈraɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈraɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* agarrada
* agarradera
* agarradero
* agarrado
* agárramela que me crece
* agarrar a putazos
* agarrar de pato
* agarrar el gusto
* agarrar fuego el cañal
* agarrar llave
* agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo
* agárrate que vienen curvas
* agarrón
* de agárrate
* tanto peca el que mata a la vaca como el que le agarra la pata
* tener agarrado por los cojones

### Further reading

* “agarrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10