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grip
[grɪp]
sustantivo
1. sujeción (f) (hold, grasp); sujeción (f) forma (f) de sujetar (in tennis, golf)
  • to have a strong grip -> agarrar con fuerza
  • to get a grip on something -> agarrar algo (rope, handle)
  • to get to grips with (sentido figurado) -> asimilar; (situation) llegar a comprender (subject, method)
  • to get a grip on oneself (sentido figurado) -> dominarse, contenerse
  • get a grip! (sentido figurado) -> ¡no desvaríes! (control yourself)
  • to have a firm grip on a situation (sentido figurado) -> ejercer un fuerte control sobre una situación
  • to lose one's grip (on something) -> perder el control (de algo) (on rope)
  • to lose one's grip on reality (sentido figurado) -> perder el contacto con la realidad
  • to be in the grip of a disease/a crisis (sentido figurado) -> ser presa de una enfermedad/una crisis
2. mango (m) (handle) (of oar, handlebars)
también:
  • (hair) grip -> horquilla (f)
3. bolsa (f) de viaje (bag) (Estados Unidos)
verbo transitivo (pt & pp gripped)
4. agarrar, coger (seize); sujetar (hold)
  • tires that grip the road -> neumáticos or llantas or (español de Colombia, español de México) gomas que se adhieren (bien) a la carretera (RP)
  • to be gripped by panic/fear (sentido figurado) -> ser presa del pánico/miedo
  • the play gripped the audience (sentido figurado) -> la obra tuvo en vilo al público
verbo intransitivo
5. adherirse (tire)

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grip [grip]
sustantivo
1. Apretón de manos, acción de asir o aprehender.
2. Modo especial de tomar y oprimir la mano, para reconocerse los individuos de ciertas asociaciones.
3. V.
4. Asidero, puño, la parte por donde se ase alguna cosa.
5. Garra (fiador, retén), aparato para agarrar el cable de tracción de un ferrocarril o soltarlo.
6. Capacidad de agarrar y retener, o de alcanzar, comprender.
  • Gripman -> empleado que maneja el fiador en un carro movido por cable
  • Gripsack -> (Fam. E.U.) Saquillo, maleta ligera
7. Gripe. (Medicina)
8. To come to grips with, luchar cuerpo a cuerpo.
GRIP-SACK.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Tener firmemente, (n)
verbo
2. gr.
va. Agarrar, empuñar, asir, cerrar. una ancla.
sustantivo
1. Gripe (flu), influenza, catarro epidémico, acompañado de serios trastornos del cuerpo y seguido de gran debilidad; se llama vulgarmente trancazo.

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grip [ɡrɪp]
noun
1 (handclasp) apretón (m) (de manos)
he lost his grip on the branch se le escapó la rama de las manos; la rama se le fue de las manos
2
in the grip of winter paralizado por el invierno; in the grip of a strike paralizado por una huelga; to come to grips with luchar a brazo partido con; to get to grips with sth/sb enfrentarse con algo/algn; he lost his grip of the situation la situación se le fue de las manos; to have a good grip of a subject entender algo a fondo; get a grip (on yourself)! ¡cálmate!; ¡contrólate!
3 (handle) asidero (m); asa (f); [of weapon] empuñadura (f)
4 (bag) maletín (m); bolsa (f)
verb:transitive
1 (hold) agarrar; asir; [+weapon] empuñar; [+hands] apretar; estrechar
the wheels grip the road las ruedas se agarran a la carretera
2 (enthrall) fascinar; [+fear] apoderarse de
gripped by fear presa del pánico
The entire community has been gripped by fear
verb:intransitive
[+wheel] agarrarse

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Verb Conjugation for "grip"

Imperative
  • grip
  • you grip
  • he/she grips
  • we grip
  • you grip
  • they grip
Preterite
  • I gripped
  • you gripped
  • he/she gripped
  • we gripped
  • you gripped
  • they gripped
Present Continuous
  • I am gripping
  • you are gripping
  • he/she is gripping
  • we are gripping
  • you are gripping
  • they are gripping
Present Perfect
  • I have gripped
  • you have gripped
  • he/she has gripped
  • we have gripped
  • you have gripped
  • they have gripped
Past Continuous
  • I was gripping
  • you were gripping
  • he/she was gripping
  • we were gripping
  • you were gripping
  • they were gripping
Past Perfect
  • I had gripped
  • you had gripped
  • he/she had gripped
  • we had gripped
  • you had gripped
  • they had gripped
Future
  • I will grip
  • you will grip
  • he/she will grip
  • we will grip
  • you will grip
  • they will grip
Future Perfect
  • I will have gripped
  • you will have gripped
  • he/she will have gripped
  • we will have gripped
  • you will have gripped
  • they will have gripped
Future Continuous
  • I will be gripping
  • you will be gripping
  • he/she will be gripping
  • we will be gripping
  • you will be gripping
  • they will be gripping
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been gripping
  • you have been gripping
  • he/she has been gripping
  • we have been gripping
  • you have been gripping
  • they have been gripping
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been gripping
  • you will have been gripping
  • he/she will have been gripping
  • we will have been gripping
  • you will have been gripping
  • they will have been gripping
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been gripping
  • you had been gripping
  • he/she had been gripping
  • we had been gripping
  • you had been gripping
  • they had been gripping
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