agolparse
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]agolparse (first-person singular present me agolpo, first-person singular preterite me agolpé, past participle agolpado)
- (reflexive) to knock together, bang about together
- (reflexive) to crowd together
- 2015 August 1, “Muere una persona durante un saqueo a un supermercado en Venezuela”, in El País[1]:
- La turbamulta se agolpó a las puertas del local para intentar hacerse de las escasas provisiones y los encargados decidieron cerrar.
- A crowd formed at the door of the shop, trying to get their hands on the scarce provisions, and the managers decided to close up.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of agolparse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- “agolpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16