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agitar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  • churn verb To stir or agitate a liquid vigorously, especially to make butter from cream.
  • shake verb To move something rapidly back and forth or up and down.
  • stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.
  • wave noun A moving ridge on the surface of water, especially the sea.

Senses

agitar is used for these senses in English:

  • agitate (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.]
  • churn (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
  • shake (transitive) To disturb emotionally; to shock.
  • wave (transitive, metonymic) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.

agitate — full definition

  1. verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  2. verb To shake or stir something with force.
  3. verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.

churn — full definition

  1. verb To stir or agitate a liquid vigorously, especially to make butter from cream.
  2. verb To produce something rapidly and in large quantity, often with an implication of low care or quality.
  3. noun The rate at which customers stop using a company's product or service.
  4. noun A container used for making butter by agitating cream.

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