aguentar

See also: agüentar

Portuguese

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ɡwẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwẽˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwẽˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣwẽˈtaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡwẽˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣwẽˈta.ɾi]

aguentar (first-person singular present aguento, first-person singular preterite aguentei, past participle aguentado)

(transitive, intransitive) to support (to keep from falling)
(figuratively, transitive, intransitive) to bear, to put up with
Synonym: suportar

Não aguento mais! ― I can't stand it anymore!

Ele não aguenta uma piada. ― He can't take a joke.
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Mudança [A New Home]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 13:
  Tocou o braço da mulher, apontou o ceo, ficaram os dois algum tempo aguentando a claridade do sol.
  He touched his wife’s arm, pointed at the sky, and the two stayed for some time putting up with the sun’s brightness.
(intransitive) to hold out; to hold on
Temos de aguentar até ao fim.
We shall hold on till the end.
(pronominal) to hold; to hold up

Conjugation of aguentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.