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Spanish
Etymology
From atalaya + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /atalaˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /atalaˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /atalaˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ta‧la‧yar
Verb
atalayar (first-person singular present atalayo, first-person singular preterite atalayé, past participle atalayado)
- (transitive) to watch from a high vantage point
- (transitive) to spy on
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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