agitar
Spanish, verb/axiˈtaɾ/
agitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shake, to agitate, to churn, to churn up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover con frecuencia y violentamente”.
What does agitar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shake, to agitate, to churn, to churn up
Agítese bien antes de usarlo
- 2
to wave, to flail
Es hora de agitar la bandera blanca y rendirnos.
- 3
to wag
Los perros agitan la cola.
- 4
to stir, to stir up, to agitate, to shake up, to rattle, to ruffle (provoke)
agitar las cosas
- 5
to flap (e.g., wings, sails)
- 6
to churn, to be shaken, to be tossed (about), to be stirred, to be agitated
- 7
to flail, shake (to wave or swing vigorously)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover con frecuencia y violentamente. 2. Perturbar, conmover los ánimos, la quietud pública etc. 3. Ventilar, discutir un punto, una cuestión etc.
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 agitar
- agito first-person present singular
- agité first-person preterite singular
- agitado participle past
- agitando gerund
- agitada feminine participle past
- agitados masculine participle past
- agitadas feminine participle past
- agitas indicative informal present
- agitás indicative informal present
- agita indicative present singular
- agitamos first-person indicative plural
- agitáis indicative plural present
- agitan indicative plural present
- agitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- agitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- agitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- agitabais imperfect indicative plural
- agitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agitar?
- /axiˈtaɾ/
- [a.xiˈt̪aɾ]
- [axiˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agitar in Spanish?
agitar appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).