What does agarrado in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word agarrado in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use agarrado in Portuguese.

The word agarrado in Portuguese means held, agarrado, emperrado, preso, estar bem preso, avaro, avarento, sovina, miserável, não capturado. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word agarrado

held

adjetivo (preso, unido, muito próximo)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

agarrado, emperrado, preso

adjective (stuck accidentally)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
The zipper on my coat's jammed.

estar bem preso

phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable (firmly, tightly)

(locução verbal: Conjunto de verbo auxiliar (normalmente 'ser', 'estar', 'ter', 'haver') e verbo principal (normalmente no infinitivo, gerúndio ou particípio).)
The rope held fast to the boat.

avaro, avarento, sovina, miserável

adjective (miserly with money) (tacanho com dinheiro)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)
Carl é tão sovina; ele nunca coloca dinheiro no fundo comum.
Carl is so stingy; he never puts any money into the kitty.

não capturado

adjective (fish, football: not captured or grasped) (peixe, futebol)

(locução adjetiva: Duas palavras juntas com função adjetiva. Normalmente, preposição+substantivo; preposição+advérbio.Ex. (estrada) de ferro = férrea; (dor) no abdômen = abdominal, etc.)

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