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Old October 06, 2012, 09:13 PM
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There seem to be so many ways to express 'to hold' in Spanish - are some more commonly used than others? How regional are their uses? And are some options inappropriate in some cases?

For example:

tener en las manos
sostener
agarrar
sujetarse
mantener

Thanks in advance for your help.

For example I just wanted to say, she was holding a peach. I guessed 'tenía' un durazno en las manos' would be a pretty safe option but would 'agarraba un durazno' work just as well?

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Old October 06, 2012, 09:24 PM
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There seem to be so many ways to express 'to hold' in Spanish - are some more commonly used than others? How regional are their uses? And are some options inappropriate in some cases?

For example:

tener el las manos
sostener
agarrar

Thanks in advance for your help.

For example I just wanted to say, she was holding a peach. I guessed 'tenía' un durazno en las manos' would be a pretty safe option but would 'agarró un durazno' work just as well?
First you need to understand that hold means sostener.

hold = sostener

have = tener

to take = tomar/agarrar


Now, agarrar is more like to grasp, for me that I am from Chile. We do not use agarrar like in your example. We use "tomar" (take)

And yes to hold, in some instances would mean agarrar/tomar/sostener.

Say that holding a guy from his clothes, like the lapel of your jacket, like in a fight.

Lo agarró/tomó/sostuvo por la solapa de la chaqueta y lo tiró por tierra/lo echó a tierra.

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Old October 07, 2012, 04:17 AM
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peach is melocotón.
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Old October 07, 2012, 04:42 AM
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When our dog needed vet treatment the other day, the vet needed help for somebody else to hold her, and I was surprised when he said 'aguántala'.

Is that regional? Canarians do use odd words sometimes.
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Old October 07, 2012, 06:36 AM
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peach is melocotón.
Para ustedes los españoles y no sabría decir quien más.

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When our dog needed vet treatment the other day, the vet needed help for somebody else to hold her, and I was surprised when he said 'aguántala'.

Is that regional? Canarians do use odd words sometimes.
Sí, También se usa/usaba aguantar.
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Old October 07, 2012, 06:50 AM
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peach is melocotón.
Melocotón creo que es una cualidad de durazno con el cual se hacen los huesillos (duraznos secos) y las conservas de duraznos en almibar.
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peach is melocotón.
Gracias pero creo que es algo regional. Quizas en España es melocotón pero por lo menos en algunos paises en America Latina creo que es durazno.

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Old October 08, 2012, 05:00 AM
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Durazno sounds quite strange to me, sorry .
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I've known it is called both ways but have heard more people call it durazno.

As far as aguantar ... mostly my Caribbean friends use aguantar for "to hold" "wait", etc.

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