Meanings (ES + gloss)
agarrar • atenazar • empuñar
To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
That suitcase is heavy, so grip the handle firmly.
Unfortunately the glue didn't grip, and the whole thing came apart.
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Of an emotion or situation: to have a strong effect upon.
As the water level began to rise, I was gripped by panic.
[…] I lost something of the stifling fear that had gripped me, and could listen with more ease to what was going forward.
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