aguentar

See also: agüentar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aguantar
• agüentar (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian agguantare. Compare Spanish aguantar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwẽˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣwẽˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwẽˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣwẽˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwẽˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣwẽˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧guen‧tar

Verb

aguentar (first-person singular present aguento, first-person singular preterite aguentei, past participle aguentado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to support (to keep from falling)
2. (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) to bear, to put up with

   Synonym: suportar

   Não aguento mais! ― I can't stand it anymore!

   Ele não aguenta uma piada. ― He can't take a joke.

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora:

     Tocou o braço da mulher, apontou o ceo, ficaram os dois algum tempo aguentando a claridade do sol.

     He touched his wife’s arm, pointed at the sky, and the two stayed for some time putting up with the sun’s brightness.

3. (intransitive) to hold out; to hold on

   Temos de aguentar até ao fim.

   We shall hold on till the end.

4. (pronominal) to hold; to hold up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aguentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aguentar
Personal	aguentar	aguentares	aguentar	aguentarmos	aguentardes	aguentarem
Gerund
	aguentando
Past participle
Masculine	aguentado			aguentados
Feminine	aguentada			aguentadas
Indicative
Present	aguento	aguentas	aguenta	aguentamos	aguentais	aguentam
Imperfect	aguentava	aguentavas	aguentava	aguentávamos	aguentáveis	aguentavam
Preterite	aguentei	aguentaste	aguentou	aguentamos1, aguentámos2	aguentastes	aguentaram
Pluperfect	aguentara	aguentaras	aguentara	aguentáramos	aguentáreis	aguentaram
Future	aguentarei	aguentarás	aguentará	aguentaremos	aguentareis	aguentarão
Conditional	aguentaria	aguentarias	aguentaria	aguentaríamos	aguentaríeis	aguentariam
Subjunctive
Present	aguente	aguentes	aguente	aguentemos	aguenteis	aguentem
Imperfect	aguentasse	aguentasses	aguentasse	aguentássemos	aguentásseis	aguentassem
Future	aguentar	aguentares	aguentar	aguentarmos	aguentardes	aguentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aguenta	aguente	aguentemos	aguentai	aguentem
Negative (não)		não aguentes	não aguente	não aguentemos	não aguenteis	não aguentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.