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1 aguantarse
pron.v.1 to restrain oneself, hold oneself, back, sit tight.2 to keep one's mouth shut. (Latin American)* * *1 (contenerse) to keep back; (risa, lágrimas) to hold back2 (resignarse) to resign oneself* * ** * *VPR1) (=mantenerse)•
aguantarse de algo — to hang onto sth, hang on by sthme aguanté de una cuerda hasta que llegaron los bomberos — I hung onto a rope o I hung on by a rope until the firefighters came
2) (=contenerse)¿por qué tenemos que aguantarnos y no responder? — why do we have to keep quiet and not respond?
¿no puedes aguantarte hasta que lleguemos a casa? — can't you hold on until we get home?
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aguantarse de hacer algo — to hold back from doing sth3) (=conformarse)no quería ir a la boda, pero me tuve que aguantar — I didn't want to go to the wedding but I had to grin and bear it
¡si no te gusta el helado, ahora te aguantas! — if you don't like the ice cream, that's tough! o you can lump it! *
4) (=soportarse)no sé cómo te aguantas — you're impossible o insufferable
5) Méx (=callarse) to keep quiet, keep one's mouth shut *¡aguántate! — calm down!
* * *(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horsesEx. Over the last couple of months, drug companies had been holding their horses in the hope that the new budget would bring them some relief.* * *(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horsesEx: Over the last couple of months, drug companies had been holding their horses in the hope that the new budget would bring them some relief.
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■aguantarse verbo reflexivo
1 (reprimirse) to keep back
2 (contener las lágrimas) to hold back
3 (resignarse) to resign oneself
' aguantarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fastidiarse
- joderse
- aguantar
- chingar
- jorobar
English:
conform
- go without
- grin
- lump
- sit
- tooth
* * *vpr1. [contenerse] to restrain oneself, to hold oneself back;tuve que aguantarme la risa I had to stop myself from laughing o contain my laughter;aguántate un poco más, que ya llegamos hold on a bit longer, we're nearly theresi no les gusta la película, tendrán que aguantarse if they don't like the film they'll just have to put up with it, if they don't like the film, too bad;no quiero – ¡pues te aguantas! I don't want to – too bad, you'll just have to!* * *v/r1 ( contenerse) keep quiet2 ( conformarse):me tuve que aguantar I had to put up with it* * *vr1) : to resign oneself2) : to restrain oneself* * *aguantarse vb to put up with it [pt. & pp. put] / to lump itsi te duele, te aguantas if it hurts, tough!
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