agafar

From a- +‎ gafu +‎ -ar.

agafar (first-person singular indicative present agafo, past participle agafáu)

1. to become inflamed (a wound)

   Synonym: gafar

• “agafar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “agafar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From a- +‎ Old Catalan gafar, the latter from a Germanic source possibly meaning 'hook', from which also German Gabel (“fork”), Swedish gaffel.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣəˈfa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣaˈfaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

agafar (first-person singular present agafo, first-person singular preterite agafí, past participle agafat)

1. to take, hold

   Synonym: prendre

2. to pick up
3. to grasp
4. to catch, seize
5. to catch, take (a vehicle)
6. (pronominal) to hold on

• agafar-se

• “agafar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “agafar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “agafar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “agafar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.