agafar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ Old Catalan gafar, the latter from a Germanic source possibly meaning 'hook', from which also German Gabel (“fork”), Swedish gaffel.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.ɡəˈfa/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈfaɾ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

agafar (first-person singular present agafo, past participle agafat)

to take, hold
Synonym: prendre
to pick up
to grasp
to catch, seize
to catch, take (a vehicle)

Conjugation

Conjugation of agafar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			agafar
present participle			agafant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agafat		agafada
		plural		agafats		agafades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agafo	agafes	agafa	agafem	agafeu	agafen
	imperfect	agafava	agafaves	agafava	agafàvem	agafàveu	agafaven
	future	agafaré	agafaràs	agafarà	agafarem	agafareu	agafaran
	preterite	agafí	agafares	agafà	agafàrem	agafàreu	agafaren
	conditional	agafaria	agafaries	agafaria	agafaríem	agafaríeu	agafarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agafi	agafis	agafi	agafem	agafeu	agafin
	imperfect	agafés	agafessis	agafés	agaféssim	agaféssiu	agafessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	agafa	agafi	agafem	agafeu	agafin

Derived terms

agafa-sants
agafa-sopes
agafatós
agafes
agafós

Related terms

agafar-se

Further reading

“agafar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“agafar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“agafar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“agafar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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