English-Spanish translations for grab

• agarrar
  Por lo tanto, lo más importante es tener suficiente valor para agarrar el toro por los cuernos. Therefore, the most important thing is to have enough courage to grab the bull by its horns.
  La comisión adopta decisiones que a menudo solo tienen un propósito, a saber, agarrar más dinero para ella y para sus amigos. The committee takes decisions that often have only one purpose, namely to grab more money for itself and its friends.
• arrestar
• asir
• detener

Definition of grab

• To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch
• To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something
• To restrain someone; to arrest
• To quickly collect or retrieve
• To consume something quickly
• To take the opportunity of
• A sudden snatch at something
• An acquisition by violent or unjust means
• A sound bite
• That which is seized
• A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast

Examples

• I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge
• The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policemans gun
• Well just grab a sandwich and then well be on our way
• Is there time to grab a coffee?

Related words

• grabbing
• grabber
• graben
• integrable
• landgrabber
• grabby
• grabble
• integrability
• deflagrable