aguantar
/aɡwanˈtaɾ/ · A2 · verb
to put up with, to tolerate or bear, to endure, to handle, to take, to stand
🐜 a-GUANT-ar: from Italian guanto, glove — to grip with gloved hands and hold on
Borrowed from Italian agguantare, to seize, built on guanto (glove), a cousin of English gauntlet. Gripping firmly became holding on, then holding out: enduring, putting up with. Sound hook: an ANT holding ten times its weight — agu-ANT-ar.