agarrotar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ garrote +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡaroˈtaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.roˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

agarrotar (first-person singular present agarroto, first-person singular preterite agarroté, past participle agarrotado)

1. to make stiff, to stiffen (muscles etc.)
2. to tie tight
3. to strangle
4. to cause to seize up
5. (reflexive, of muscles) to stiffen
6. (reflexive, of a machine) to seize up (to stop working)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agarrotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			agarrotar
gerund			agarrotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agarrotado		agarrotada
		plural		agarrotados		agarrotadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agarroto	agarrotastú agarrotásvos	agarrota	agarrotamos	agarrotáis	agarrotan
	imperfect	agarrotaba	agarrotabas	agarrotaba	agarrotábamos	agarrotabais	agarrotaban
	preterite	agarroté	agarrotaste	agarrotó	agarrotamos	agarrotasteis	agarrotaron
	future	agarrotaré	agarrotarás	agarrotará	agarrotaremos	agarrotaréis	agarrotarán
	conditional	agarrotaría	agarrotarías	agarrotaría	agarrotaríamos	agarrotaríais	agarrotarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agarrote	agarrotestú agarrotésvos2	agarrote	agarrotemos	agarrotéis	agarroten
	imperfect (ra)	agarrotara	agarrotaras	agarrotara	agarrotáramos	agarrotarais	agarrotaran
	imperfect (se)	agarrotase	agarrotases	agarrotase	agarrotásemos	agarrotaseis	agarrotasen
	future1	agarrotare	agarrotares	agarrotare	agarrotáremos	agarrotareis	agarrotaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agarrotatú agarrotávos	agarrote	agarrotemos	agarrotad	agarroten
	negative		no agarrotes	no agarrote	no agarrotemos	no agarrotéis	no agarroten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “agarrotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28