agarrarse de las greñas: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  General SpanishinformalneutralMachine
  • To grab someone by the hair; to seize another person's hair with the hand.

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  • En la pelea, los dos rivales se agarraron de las greñas y tuvieron que ser separados por los árbitros.

    In the fight, the two rivals grabbed each other by the hair and had to be separated by the referees.

  • El niño se molestó tanto que agarró de las greñas a su hermano mayor durante el juego.

    The boy got so angry that he grabbed his older brother by the hair during the game.

  • Durante la discusión, uno de ellos agarró de las greñas al otro y la pelea se salió de control.

    During the argument, one of them grabbed the other by the hair and the fight got out of control.

  • Cuando los actores representaron la escena, tuvieron que simular que se agarraban de las greñas sin lastimarse realmente.

    When the actors performed the scene, they had to simulate grabbing each other by the hair without actually hurting each other.

• 2.

  SpainLatin AmericacolloquialinformalMachine
  • To engage in a fierce physical fight or heated, violent quarrel, often implying hair-pulling or close-quarters brawling.

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  • En la fiesta, Luis y Carlos terminaron agarrándose de las greñas por un malentendido que nadie esperaba.

    At the party, Luis and Carlos ended up pulling each other's hair in a fight over a misunderstanding nobody expected.

  • ¿Recuerdas cuando se agarraron de las greñas en el bar? Fue un caos total, tuvieron que separarlos entre todos.

    Do you remember when they got into a hair-pulling fight at the bar? It was total chaos, everyone had to separate them.

  • No quiero que mis hijos se agarren de las greñas por cosas tan insignificantes, prefiero que hablen y resuelvan sus diferencias.

    I don't want my kids to get into hair-pulling fights over such insignificant things; I'd rather they talk and resolve their differences.