agarrar
grip ; bust ; grab ; grasp ; take + hold of ; nab ; clasp.
The entrance door should be automatic or with a handle easy to grip.
On Saturday, a trooper stood on a street corner dressed in plain clothes and helped bust 30 people for not wearing their seat belts.
If we move fast, we can grab the space for the library.
A mouse is commonly moved or lifted from its cage by grasping the base of the tail.
They waited with baneful patience, ready to take hold of him the moment he relaxed his vigilance.
So over the weekend I managed to nab 30 of them using a butterfly net, and then crushed each using my boot.
She clasped her hands behind her back and looked down at her feet, allowing her hair to completely cover her face.
agarrar por el cuello
collar
He had one foot over the window sill of his Paris flat when police broke in and collared him.
agarrarse
clutch
Many administrators are afraid to delegate authority; they clutch it tenaciously.
agarrarse a
latch on to
hold to
hold on to
hold fast to
cling to
Educational establishments have latched on to the word 'information' and have employed it to encompass very different programmes of study.
This paper views librarians as tenaciously holding to a paper paradigm in an increasingly electronic environment.
The girls were swept away by the water as they failed to hold on to the bus stand.
In holding fast to a belief in health promotion, they resisted being coopted by a now discredited market system.
It would be a mistake to cling to the seeming comforts of the old ways at the cost of being unable to get the full advantages of the new ones.
agarrarse a Algo como si + Pronombre + la vida en ello
hold on for + dear life
I am the most recent fallen angel to stumble into a game of chutes and ladders, and you best believe I will hold on for dear life.
agarrarse a un clavo ardiendo
catch at + straws
grasp at + straws
clutch at + straws
She thought the director had got to the point of catching at straws.
They are grasping at straws trying to scare people into thinking homosexuality is akin to incest, polygamy, bestiality, whatever.
While global economic turmoil continues to undermine air transport, die-hards within the aviation industry are left clutching at straws.
agarrarse desesperadamente
hang on + for dear life
cling on for + dear life
His heart is telling him to hang on for dear life because deep down he knows she's letting go for good this time.
Once in the forest they had to cling on for dear life, as the horses swerved between the trees at a fast canter.
agarrarse los machos
batten down + the hatches
Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.
agarrar una pájara [Usado generalmente en el deporte]
hit + the wall
bonk
hit + the bonk
Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to avoid hitting the wall while running a marathon.
Believe it or not, one highly respected exercise scientist has suggested that it may be beneficial to bonk regularly in training.
We've only ridden about 30 miles but a combination of lack of breakfast and lack of fitness have rendered me dangerously close to hitting the bonk.
agarrar un resfriado de muerte
catch + Posesivo + death (of cold)
Her mother had to drag her back into the house, afraid she would catch her death of cold.
no tener donde agarrarse
not have a leg to stand on
Some lightbulb companies are still dragging their heels on the energy-saving lightbulb issue, but they haven't a leg to stand on.
