seize

Pronúncia: siːz
    transitive verb
  1. [clutch] agafar, agarrar, engrapar.
  2. Law [person] detenir, agafar.
  3. [property] embargar.
  4. [contraband, etc.] requisar, confiscar.
  5. [territory] apoderar-se de.
  6. [opportunity] aprofitar sense pensar-s'hi.
  7. to seize someone by the arm agarrar algú pel braç.
  8. to be seized with fear ser colpit per la por.
  9. he was seized with a desire to + infinitive el va prendre un desig de + infinitiu.
    10. intransitive verb
  10. to seize on fixar-se en.
  11. (idem) [pretext, etc.] valdre's de
  12. to seize up Mechanics clavar-se.
  13. they seized upon the writer van acaparar l'escriptor.