agguantare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to catch, to grab
  2. (informal, transitive) to hit
  3. (transitive) to stop paying out or hauling in (a cable) while keeping it under tension
  4. (intransitive) to stop the motion of a rowboat by pushing an oar against the water

Hyphenated as
ag‧guan‧tà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɡ.ɡwanˈta.re/
Etymology

From a- (“to”) + guant(o) (“glove”) + -are (1ˢᵗ conjugation verbal suffix).

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