English-Italian translations for agitate

• agitare
  Noi lo sappiamo che in tribuna non ci si deve sporgere ed agitare, ma certo queste persone non ne erano al corrente! We know that it is not right to agitate from the public gallery, but these people were surely unaware of that!
• galvanizzare
• sbattere
• scuotere
• turbare

Definition of agitate

• To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb.
• To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
• To set in motion; to actuate.
• To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.

Examples

• He was greatly agitated by the news
• the wind agitates the sea
• to agitate water in a vessel
• politicians agitate desperate designs

Related words

• agitated
• agitatedly
• drive wild; agitate
• get agitated