aguantarse

pron.v.

1 to restrain oneself, hold oneself, back, sit tight.

2 to keep one's mouth shut. (Latin American)

Tendrá que aguantarse he'll just have to put up with it

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aguantarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (contenerse) to keep back; (risa, lágrimas) to hold back

2 (resignarse) to resign oneself

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to restrain oneself

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VPR

1) (=mantenerse)

estaba tan cansado que ya no me aguantaba de pie — I was so tired I could hardly stand

• aguantarse de algo — to hang onto sth, hang on by sth

me 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?

• aguantarse de hacer algo — to hold back from doing sth

3) (=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)

cuando me duele la cabeza no me aguanto ni yo — when I have a headache I'm unbearable

no sé cómo te aguantas — you're impossible o insufferable

5) Méx (=callarse) to keep quiet, keep one's mouth shut *

¡aguántate! — calm down!

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(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horses

Ex. 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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(v.) = hold + Posesivo + horses

Ex: 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

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vpr

1. [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 there

2. [resignarse]

no quiere aguantarse he refuses to put up with it;

si 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!

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aguantarse

v/r

1 (contenerse) keep quiet

2 (conformarse)

:

me tuve que aguantar I had to put up with it

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vr

1) : to resign oneself

2) : to restrain oneself

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aguantarse vb to put up with it [pt. & pp. put] / to lump it

o te gusta o te aguantas like it or lump it!

si te duele, te aguantas if it hurts, tough!