aguantar

aguantar (first-person singular indicative present aguanto, past participle aguantáu)

1. to hurry up

   Synonyms: aballar, entainar, aforfugar

2. (transitive) to hold (to grasp)

   Synonyms: tener, sostener

3. to put up with, tolerate, endure

   Synonyms: endurar, aturar, caltener

4. to last

• “aguantar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “aguantar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Borrowed from Spanish aguantar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣwənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣwanˈtaɾ]

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aguantar (first-person singular present aguanto, first-person singular preterite aguantí, past participle aguantat)

1. (transitive) to take, to hold
2. (transitive) to support weight
3. (transitive, intransitive) to endure, to last
4. (transitive) to put up with, to tolerate, to persevere
5. (reflexive) to restrain oneself, to hold back

• aguant
• aguantador
• aguantallibres
• aguantar-se per un fil

• “aguantar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Italian agguantare.

• IPA^(key): /aɡwanˈtaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞wãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧guan‧tar

aguantar (first-person singular present aguanto, first-person singular preterite aguanté, past participle aguantado)

1. to hold, withhold, hold back, retain (breath, urine)

   Synonyms: contener, retener

   Para nadar bajo el agua, uno tiene que ser capaz de aguantar la respiración.

   In order to swim underwater, one has to be able to hold one's breath.

2. to put up with, to tolerate or bear, to endure, to handle, to take, to stand

   Synonyms: soportar, tolerar

   Esto no se puede aguantar.

   This is unbearable.

   Ya no aguanto más.

   I can't take it anymore.

3. to hang on, to grasp

   Synonym: sostener

4. to hang on, to persevere, to last

   Synonyms: perseverar, durar

5. to not complain, to keep silent
6. to hold (a posture)

• → Ye'kwana: awanta'ñö
• → Cebuano: agwanta
• → Hanunoo: agwanta
• → Hiligaynon: agwanta
• → Tagalog: agwanta

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