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agitar

/axiˈtaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to shake, to agitate, to churn, to churn up · Agítese bien antes de usarlo Shake well before using· Agitó su cabeza con incredulidad. She shook her head in disbelief.
  2. to wave, to flail · Es hora de agitar la bandera blanca y rendirnos. It's time for us to wave the white flag and surrender.
  3. to wag · Los perros agitan la cola. Dogs wag their tails.
  4. to stir, to stir up, to agitate, to shake up, to rattle, to ruffle (provoke) · agitar las cosas to stir things up
  5. to flap (e.g., wings, sails) (reflexive, transitive)
  6. to churn, to be shaken, to be tossed (about), to be stirred, to be agitated (reflexive)
  7. to flail, shake (to wave or swing vigorously) (reflexive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
agitar
Gerund
agitando
Past participle
agitado
Present (yo)
agito
Preterite (yo)
agité

From the library

Que agita las ideas,
Rimas, p. 1 · C1
Se agitan en mi cerebro
Libro de poemas, p. 5 · C1
La ví agitar los brazos en medio de ellas narrando, al parecer, el suceso con vehemencia, y observé que algunas lágrimas se desprendían de sus ojos, sin que por eso perdiesen la expresión dura y sombría.
Spanish Tales for Beginners, p. 21 · C1
Estaba tendido sobre su cama, rígido y con la soberbia cabeza impregnada de una majestad indecible.—La muerte le había sorprendido al llegar a su casa después de una noche agitada.
Juvenilia, p. 41 · C1

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