Meanings (ES + gloss)
broche • corchete • gafete • hebilla • manija
A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!
abrazo
An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.
He took her hand in a firm clasp.
How few! yet how they creep / Through my fingers to the deep, / While I weep—while I weep! / O God! can I not grasp / Them with a tighter clasp?
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agarrar
To take hold of; to grasp.
And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
They clasped hands and parted as friends.