agarrotar

From a- +‎ garrote +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aɡaroˈtaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.roˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧rro‧tar

agarrotar (first-person singular present agarroto, first-person singular preterite agarroté, past participle agarrotado)

1. to make stiff, to stiffen (muscles etc.)
2. to tie tight
3. to strangle
4. to cause to seize up
5. (reflexive, of muscles) to stiffen
6. (reflexive, of a machine) to seize up (to stop working)

• “agarrotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024