atestar

atestar (first-person singular indicative present atesto, past participle atestáu)

1. to fill to the brim

   Trayía un balde atestáu de ropa.

   He/she was carrying a bucket full to the brim with clothes.

   Atésteme de fabes.

   I filled myself to the brim with beans.

2. (reflexive) to get stuck

   El xatu atestóse ente dos piedres.

   The calf got stuck between two rocks.

atestar (first-person singular indicative present atesto, past participle atestáu)

1. Alternative form of atiestar

Borrowed from Latin attestārī.

atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atestei, past participle atestado)

1. to attest, testify, vouch

• atestação
• testar
• contestar
• detestar
• protestar

From testo (“lid”).

atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atestei, past participle atestado)

1. to fill

• testar

• “atestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /atesˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tes‧tar

From a- +‎ tiesto (“tight, stuffed”) +‎ -ar.

atestar (first-person singular present atiesto or atesto, first-person singular preterite atesté, past participle atestado)

1. to pack

Borrowed from Latin attestārī.

atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atesté, past participle atestado)

1. (law) to attest

   Synonym: testificar

• “atestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10