verb/aɡwanˈtaɾ/
to hold, withhold, hold back, retain (breath, urine); to put up with, to tolerate or bear, to endure, to handle, to take, to stand; to suck it up, deal with it; to hang on, to grasp; to hang on, to persevere, to last
“Para nadar bajo el agua, uno tiene que ser capaz de aguantar la respiración.” — In order to swim underwater, one has to be able to hold one's breath.
Synonyms: contener, retener, soportar, tolerar, sostener, perseverar, durar
Etymology tree Italian a- Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú-der. Proto-Germanic *wantuz Frankish *wantubor. Old French guantbor. Old Occitander. Italian guant(o) Italian -are Italian agguantarebor. Spanish aguantar Borrowed from Italian agguantare.