Pronúncia: əɣwəntá
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verb transitiu
- to bear, endure, stand, put up with.
- [insult, etc.] to swallow
- [tempesta] to weather.
- [examen] to bear, stand up to.
- [dolor] to endure, bear.
- no ho aguanto més I’m not putting up with this, I can’t bear it any more.
- [sostre, etc.] to hold up, prop up, support, sustain.
- [alè, respiració] to hold. verb pronominal
- to last, hold out, hold one’s own, stand fast.
- s’aguanta molt he’s very patient, he has lots of endurance.
- aguantar-se dret to remain upright.
- to (control, restrain) oneself, hold oneself back, sit tight.
- to put up with it.
- em vaig haver d’aguantar per no pegar-li I had to restrain myself from hitting him.