SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

agarrar

to grab or take hold of

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

agarrar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoagarro
túagarras
él / ella / ustedagarra
nosotros / nosotrasagarramos
vosotros / vosotrasagarráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesagarran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

agarrar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoagarré
túagarraste
él / ella / ustedagarró
nosotros / nosotrasagarramos
vosotros / vosotrasagarrasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesagarraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

agarrar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoagarraba
túagarrabas
él / ella / ustedagarraba
nosotros / nosotrasagarrábamos
vosotros / vosotrasagarrabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesagarraban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

agarrar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoagarraré
túagarrarás
él / ella / ustedagarrará
nosotros / nosotrasagarraremos
vosotros / vosotrasagarraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesagarrarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

agarrar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoagarraría
túagarrarías
él / ella / ustedagarraría
nosotros / nosotrasagarraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasagarraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesagarrarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

agarrar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoagarre
túagarres
él / ella / ustedagarre
nosotros / nosotrasagarremos
vosotros / vosotrasagarréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesagarren

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to grab or take hold of
  • (reflexive) to hold on
  • (colloquial) to catch (an illness, feeling etc.)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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