aguantar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to hold
- to put up with, to tolerate or bear, to endure, to handle, to take, to stand
- to hang on, to grasp
- to hang on, to persevere, to last
- to not complain, to keep silent
- to hold a posture
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian agguantare (catch, grab).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
agguantare
Gloss
catch, grab
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agguantare Italian
- guanto Italian
- riagguantare Italian
- aguanta Spanish, Castilian
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- aguentar Portuguese
- aguantar Catalan, Valencian
- αγαντάρω Greek (modern)
- *want, *wantu Frankish