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verb

agrupar

group

Definition & meaning

Agrupar means to group, gather, or bring together people or things according to a shared feature or purpose.

  • Organize into groups: Agrupar los archivos por fecha — “Group the files by date.”
  • Bring together: La asociación agrupa a varios artistas — “The association brings together several artists.”
  • Gather as a group: Los estudiantes se agruparon en la entrada — “The students gathered at the entrance.”

Grammar & Word origin

Agrupar is a regular -ar verb. It can be used transitively, with the people or things being grouped as its object, or pronominally as agruparse , meaning “to gather” or “form a group.”

It is formed from the prefix a- and grupo (“group”).

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms:

  • reunir — to bring together or gather; broader than agrupar and does not necessarily imply forming groups.
  • juntar — to put together; often more informal and less focused on classification.
  • clasificar — to classify; emphasizes sorting by categories.

Antonyms:

  • separar — to separate things or people.
  • dispersar — to scatter or spread a group apart.

Common phrases & collocations

  • agrupar por categorías — to group by category.
  • agrupar datos — to group data.
  • agruparse en torno a — to gather around something or someone.

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Examples

Es necesario agrupar a los estudiantes por niveles.verb

It is necessary to group the students by levels.

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