atoar

• atuar

Attested since 1437. Etymology unknown. Probably not from Latin obturare; compare Galician aturar.

• IPA^(key): /atoˈaɾ/

atoar (first-person singular present atoo, first-person singular preterite atoei, past participle atoado)

1. to obstruct, to clog

   Synonyms: atascar, atuír, obstruír, tapar

   • 1437, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 121:

     por rasón que o cano da fonte Arcada estaua atuado e tapado ena orta do dito Pero Gomes

     because the pipe of the Arched Fountain was clogged and obstructed in Pedro Gomez's garden

2. to cover with earth

   Synonyms: enterrar, tapar

3. (dated) to calm down

   Synonym: acougar

Unknown

• IPA^(key): /atoˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧to‧ar

atoar (first-person singular present atoo, first-person singular preterite atoé, past participle atoado)

1. to tow

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atuado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atoar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “atoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atoar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “atoar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28