agguantare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From a- (“to”) + guant(o) (“glove”) + -are (1st conjugation verbal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
agguantàre (first-person singular present agguànto, first-person singular past historic agguantài, past participle agguantàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to catch, to grab
- Synonyms: acchiappare, acciuffare
- (transitive, informal, Tuscan) to hit
- (transitive, nautical) to stop paying out or hauling in (a cable) while keeping it under tension
- (intransitive, nautical) to stop the motion of a rowboat by pushing an oar against the water [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of agguantàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)