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An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
1. (to resist)
a. aguantar
Just hold on for five minutes and I'll take you to the bathroom.Sólo aguántame cinco minutos y te llevaré al baño.
b. resistir
If you can hold on for a few more days, we'll finish this contract and then we can take a vacation.Si puedes resistir unos días más, terminaremos este contrato y luego podemos tomarnos unas vacaciones.
2. (to wait)
a. esperar
Can Mara come to the phone? - Hold on while I go get her.¿Podrá atenderme Mara en el teléfono? - Espera mientras voy por ella.
3. (to grasp)
a. aferrarse
They held on tight to the safety bar on the roller coaster.Se aferraron con fuerza a la barra de seguridad en la montaña rusa.
b. agarrarse
When he realized he was getting dizzy, the old man held on to the handrail.Cuando se dio cuenta de que se mareaba, el anciano se agarró al pasamanos.
4. (to keep)
a. conservar
Hold on to your receipt in case you need to return it.Conserva el recibo por si lo tienes que devolver.
b. guardar
Are you still holding on to that old doll from when we were kids?¿Sigues guardando esa vieja muñeca de cuando éramos niñas?
c. retener
You shouldn't hold on to her if she wants to leave.No hay que retenerla si se quiere ir.
An interjection is a short utterance that expresses emotion, hesitation, or protest (e.g. Wow!).
interjection
5. (used to ask somebody to wait)
a. un momento
I want to leave now. - Hold on! I'm not ready to go yet.Ya me quiero ir. - ¡Un momento! Yo no me quiero ir todavía.
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hold on
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
1. (endure)
a. resistir, aguantar
2. (wait)
a. esperar
h on (a minute)!¡espera (un momento)!
h on (tight)!¡agárrate (fuerte)!
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hold on
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 (grip, cling) agarrarse
2 (persevere) aguantar; resistir
hold on! ¡ánimo!; can you hold on? ¿te animas a continuar?
3 (wait) esperar; seguir esperando
hold on! ¡espera!; (Telec) ¡no cuelgue!; hold on, I'm coming! ¡espera que ya voy!
transitive verb
sujetar
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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