agarrar

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɣaˈraɾ/ [a.ɣaˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧rrar

Verb

agarrar (first-person singular indicative present agarro, past participle agarráu)

1. alternative form of garrar

Conjugation

Conjugation of agarrar

infinitive		agarrar
gerund		agarrando
past participle		m agarráu, f agarrada, n agarrao, m pl agarraos, f pl agarraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	agarro	agarres	agarra	agarramos	agarráis	agarren
	imperfect	agarraba	agarrabes	agarraba	agarrábemos, agarrábamos	agarrabeis, agarrabais	agarraben
	preterite	agarré	agarrasti, agarresti	agarró	agarremos	agarrastis, agarrestis	agarraron
	pluperfect	agarrare, agarrara	agarrares, agarraras	agarrare, agarrara	agarráremos, agarráramos	agarrareis, agarrarais	agarraren, agarraran
	future	agarraré	agarrarás	agarrará	agarraremos	agarraréis	agarrarán
	conditional	agarraría	agarraríes	agarraría	agarraríemos, agarraríamos	agarraríeis, agarraríais	agarraríen
subjunctive	present	agarre	agarres, agarras	agarre	agarremos	agarréis	agarren, agarran
	imperfect	agarrare, agarrara	agarrares, agarraras	agarrare, agarrara	agarráremos, agarráramos	agarrareis, agarrarais	agarraren, agarraran
imperative		—	agarra	—	—	agarrái	—

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician a-

Galician garra

Proto-Italic *-āzi

▲

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Galician -ar

Galician agarrar

From a- + garra (“claw”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈraɾ/ [ɑ.ɣ̞ɑˈraɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aɡaˈraɾ/ [ɑ.ɣ̞ɑˈraɾ]
• IPA^(key): (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)

1. (transitive) to grab; to grip; to grasp (hold, or take hold of, forcefully)
2. (transitive) to claw (grab or strike with one’s claws)
3. (pronominal) to hold on; to cling (hold very tightly) [with em ‘to something’]
4. (intransitive, of plants) to root
5. (intransitive, of cattle) to become pregnant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agarrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	agarrar
Personal	agarrar	agarrares	agarrar	agarrarmos	agarrardes	agarraren
Gerund
	agarrando
Past participle
Masculine	agarrado			agarrados
Feminine	agarrada			agarradas
Indicative
Present	agarro	agarras	agarra	agarramos	agarrades	agarran
Imperfect	agarraba	agarrabas	agarraba	agarrabamos	agarrabades	agarraban
Preterite	agarrei	agarraches	agarrou	agarramos	agarrastes	agarraron
Pluperfect	agarrara	agarraras	agarrara	agarraramos	agarrarades	agarraran
Future	agarrarei	agarrarás	agarrará	agarraremos	agarraredes	agarrarán
Conditional	agarraría	agarrarías	agarraría	agarrariamos	agarrariades	agarrarían
Subjunctive
Present	agarre	agarres	agarre	agarremos	agarredes	agarren
Imperfect	agarrase	agarrases	agarrase	agarrásemos	agarrásedes	agarrasen
Future	agarrar	agarrares	agarrar	agarrarmos	agarrardes	agarraren
Imperative
Affirmative		agarra	agarre	agarremos	agarrade	agarren
Negative (non)		non agarres	non agarre	non agarremos	non agarredes	non agarren

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

1. to grab, hold
2. to seize

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + garra (“claw”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.ɡaˈχa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.ɡaˈha(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɐˈʁaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈʁaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /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)

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. (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.

4. (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.

5. (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.

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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agarrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	agarrar
Personal	agarrar	agarrares	agarrar	agarrarmos	agarrardes	agarrarem
Gerund
	agarrando
Past participle
Masculine	agarrado			agarrados
Feminine	agarrada			agarradas
Indicative
Present	agarro	agarras	agarra	agarramos	agarrais	agarram
Imperfect	agarrava	agarravas	agarrava	agarrávamos	agarráveis	agarravam
Preterite	agarrei	agarraste	agarrou	agarramos1, agarrámos2	agarrastes	agarraram
Pluperfect	agarrara	agarraras	agarrara	agarráramos	agarráreis	agarraram
Future	agarrarei	agarrarás	agarrará	agarraremos	agarrareis	agarrarão
Conditional	agarraria	agarrarias	agarraria	agarraríamos	agarraríeis	agarrariam
Subjunctive
Present	agarre	agarres	agarre	agarremos	agarreis	agarrem
Imperfect	agarrasse	agarrasses	agarrasse	agarrássemos	agarrásseis	agarrassem
Future	agarrar	agarrares	agarrar	agarrarmos	agarrardes	agarrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		agarra	agarre	agarremos	agarrai	agarrem
Negative (não)		não agarres	não agarre	não agarremos	não agarreis	não agarrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

See also

• apanhar
• segurar

Further reading

• “agarrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “agarrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “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, 2003–2026
• “agarrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “agarrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + garra (“claw”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈraɾ/ [a.ɣ̞aˈraɾ]

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agarrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			agarrar
gerund			agarrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agarrado		agarrada
		plural		agarrados		agarradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agarro	agarrastú agarrásvos	agarra	agarramos	agarráis	agarran
	imperfect	agarraba	agarrabas	agarraba	agarrábamos	agarrabais	agarraban
	preterite	agarré	agarraste	agarró	agarramos	agarrasteis	agarraron
	future	agarraré	agarrarás	agarrará	agarraremos	agarraréis	agarrarán
	conditional	agarraría	agarrarías	agarraría	agarraríamos	agarraríais	agarrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agarre	agarrestú agarrésvos2	agarre	agarremos	agarréis	agarren
	imperfect (ra)	agarrara	agarraras	agarrara	agarráramos	agarrarais	agarraran
	imperfect (se)	agarrase	agarrases	agarrase	agarrásemos	agarraseis	agarrasen
	future1	agarrare	agarrares	agarrare	agarráremos	agarrareis	agarraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agarratú agarrávos	agarre	agarremos	agarrad	agarren
	negative		no agarres	no agarre	no agarremos	no agarréis	no agarren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of agarrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive agarrar	dative	agarrarme	agarrarte	agarrarle, agarrarse	agarrarnos	agarraros	agarrarles, agarrarse
	accusative	agarrarme	agarrarte	agarrarlo, agarrarla, agarrarse	agarrarnos	agarraros	agarrarlos, agarrarlas, agarrarse
with gerund agarrando	dative	agarrándome	agarrándote	agarrándole, agarrándose	agarrándonos	agarrándoos	agarrándoles, agarrándose
	accusative	agarrándome	agarrándote	agarrándolo, agarrándola, agarrándose	agarrándonos	agarrándoos	agarrándolos, agarrándolas, agarrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative agarra	dative	agárrame	agárrate	agárrale	agárranos	not used	agárrales
	accusative	agárrame	agárrate	agárralo, agárrala	agárranos	not used	agárralos, agárralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative agarrá	dative	agarrame	agarrate	agarrale	agarranos	not used	agarrales
	accusative	agarrame	agarrate	agarralo, agarrala	agarranos	not used	agarralos, agarralas
with formal second-person singular imperative agarre	dative	agárreme	not used	agárrele, agárrese	agárrenos	not used	agárreles
	accusative	agárreme	not used	agárrelo, agárrela, agárrese	agárrenos	not used	agárrelos, agárrelas
with first-person plural imperative agarremos	dative	not used	agarrémoste	agarrémosle	agarrémonos	agarrémoos	agarrémosles
	accusative	not used	agarrémoste	agarrémoslo, agarrémosla	agarrémonos	agarrémoos	agarrémoslos, agarrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative agarrad	dative	agarradme	not used	agarradle	agarradnos	agarraos	agarradles
	accusative	agarradme	not used	agarradlo, agarradla	agarradnos	agarraos	agarradlos, agarradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative agarren	dative	agárrenme	not used	agárrenle	agárrennos	not used	agárrenles, agárrense
	accusative	agárrenme	not used	agárrenlo, agárrenla	agárrennos	not used	agárrenlos, agárrenlas, agárrense

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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025