atolar

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Galician

Etymology

From tol, atol, from Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (hole), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (to push, hit) (Old Irish toll, Breton toull, Welsh twll). Cognate with Portuguese atolar and Spanish atollar.

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Verb

atolar (first-person singular present atolo, first-person singular preterite atolei, past participle atolado)

  1. to make ditches in a terrain
  2. (transitive) to bog down
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get stuck, to bog down

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish atollar, from tollo; a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (hole), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (to push, hit).

Related to Old Irish toll (hole), Breton toull, Welsh twll.

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Verb

atolar (first-person singular present atolo, first-person singular preterite atolei, past participle atolado)

  1. (transitive) to bog down

Conjugation

Related terms

  • atoleiro (fix, difficult situation, jam)
  • atolar-se (to get bogged down, get stuck in the mud)