agarrotar
Spanish, verb/aɡaroˈtaɾ/
agarrotar is spelled A-G-A-R-R-O-T-A-R (9 letters). Agarrotar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make stiff, to stiffen (muscles etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apretar fuertemente los fardos o líos con cuerdas, que se retuercen por medio de un palo (garrote), dándole…”.
What does agarrotar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make stiff, to stiffen (muscles etc.)
- 2
to tie tight
- 3
to strangle
- 4
to cause to seize up
- 5
to stiffen
- 6
to seize up (to stop working)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apretar fuertemente los fardos o líos con cuerdas, que se retuercen por medio de un palo (garrote), dándole vueltas. 2. Ajustar o apretar una cosa fuertemente, sin necesidad de garrote. 3. Ejecutar la pena de muerte usando el garrote vil (máquina que trituraba el cuello humano). 4. Oprimir mucho una cosa a otra.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of agarrotar
- agarroto first-person present singular
- agarroté first-person preterite singular
- agarrotado participle past
- agarrotando gerund
- agarrotada feminine participle past
- agarrotados masculine participle past
- agarrotadas feminine participle past
- agarrotas indicative informal present
- agarrotás indicative informal present
- agarrota indicative present singular
- agarrotamos first-person indicative plural
- agarrotáis indicative plural present
- agarrotan indicative plural present
- agarrotaba first-person imperfect indicative
- agarrotabas imperfect indicative second-person
- agarrotábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- agarrotabais imperfect indicative plural
- agarrotaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agarrotar?
- /aɡaroˈtaɾ/
- [a.ɣ̞a.roˈt̪aɾ]
- [aɣ̞aroˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.