Translation for "lay hold of" to spanish

Lay hold of

verb

• agarrar
• coger

Translation examples

agarrar verb

She's everywhere all at once, and as hard to lay hold of as quicksilver.”
Está en todas partes al mismo tiempo y es tan difícil de agarrar como el mercurio.

I looked into the dark seeking the words, as if attempting to lay hold of a nerve running through my chest.
Miré hacia la oscuridad en busca de las palabras, como si intentara agarrar un nervio que atravesaba mi pecho.

coger verb

He must lay hold of this poor, wavering soul, and guide it back to the Redeemer’s feet.
Había que coger esta alma, hoy temblorosa, y ponerla a los pies de Jesucristo.

Dr. Anthony Helwell of Victoria stated that he had examined the boy and believes that he may have run away at the first sight of the fire perhaps having time to lay hold of some food to take with him, which he has no recollection of now.
El doctor Anthony Helwell, de Victoria, quien examinó al niño, opina que pudo haber escapado en el momento de detectar el incendio, con tiempo quizá de coger un poco de comida y llevársela consigo, algo que ahora no recuerda.

he thrust the table imperceptibly from between us, and bringing his chair to face me, he soon began, after preparing me by all the endearments of assurances and protestations, to lay hold of my hands, to kiss me, and once more to make free with my bosom, which, being at full liberty from the disorder of a loose dishabille, now panted and throbb'd, less with indignation than with fear and bashfulness at being used so familiarly by still a stranger.But he soon gave me greater occasion to exclaim, by stooping down and slipping his hand above my garters: thence he strove to regain the pass, which he had before found so open, and unguarded: but not he could not unlock the twist of my thighs; I gently complained, and begg'd him to let me alone; told him I was now well.However, as he saw there was more form and ceremony in my resistance than good earnest, he made his condi-tions for desisting from pursuing his point that I should be put instantly to bed, whilst he gave certain orders to the landlady, and that he would return in an hour, when he hoped to find me more recondil'd to his passion for me than I seem'd at present.I neither assented nor deny'd, but my air and manner of receiving this proposal gave him to see that I did not think myself enough my own mistress to refuse it.
imperceptiblemente corrió la mesa que nos separaba, y colocando su silla delante de la mía pronto comenzó, después de prepararme con todas las seguridades y protestas de cariño, a coger mis manos, a besarme y a tomarse libertades con mi pecho que, estando plenamente libre y apenas cubierto por una floja bata, ahora palpitaba y latía, no tanto por la indignación sino por el miedo y la vergüenza, al ser usado con tanta familiaridad por un desconocido. Pero pronto me dio más ocasión para las exclamaciones, agachándose y deslizando una mano sobre mis ligas; luego se esforzó por recuperar el paso que antes había encontrado tan abierto y poco protegido, pero ahora no pudo abrir mis muslos cruzados. Yo me quejé dulcemente y le rogué que me dejara sola, diciéndole que no me encontraba bien, pero viendo que mi resistencia era más formal que seria, puso sus condiciones para desistir de sus intenciones: yo debía acostarme inmediatamente mientras él daba algunas instrucciones a la dueña de casa y él volvería dentro de una hora, momento en que esperaba hallarme más reconciliada con su pasión de lo que estaba ahora. Yo no afirmé ni negué, pero mi aspecto y la forma en que recibí su proposición le demostró que yo no me sentía capaz de negarme.