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aguantar

Main Entry: aguantar

Function: transitive verb

Language: Spanish

1 soportar : to bear, to tolerate, to withstand
2 : to hold
3 aguantar las ganas : to resist an urge <no pude aguantar las ganas de reír : I couldn't keep myself from laughing>

intransitive verb

: to hold out, to last

aguantarse reflexive verb>

1 : to resign oneself
2 : to restrain oneself

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