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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + trapo + -alho + -ar. Compare Galician atrapallar and Spanish trapalear.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧tra‧pa‧lhar
Verb
atrapalhar (first-person singular present atrapalho, first-person singular preterite atrapalhei, past participle atrapalhado)
- (transitive) to disturb; to disrupt (to interrupt or throw into confusion)
A sua incompetência só está nos atrapalhando.- Your incompetence is doing nothing more than disturbing us.
- (pronominal) to mess up (to perform poorly; to make mistakes)
- Synonym: meter os pés pelas mãos
Fui tocar essa música ao vivo mas me atrapalhei.- I went play this song live but I messed up.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.