atropar

• tropar (Eastern Asturias)
• atroupar (Cangas del Narcea)

From a- +‎ tropa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /atɾoˈpaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tro‧par

atropar (first-person singular indicative present atropo, past participle atropáu)

1. to gather, assemble , pile up

   Synonyms: embalagar, afacinar, apilar

2. to save (money)

   Synonym: aforrar

   • 1920, Manuel García, Cartas a Xico‎:

     que los que tan na Bana / atropen el dinero como poxa / y non sienten gastalo nin migaya.

     those who are in Havana / save money as if it was husks / and they don't feel like spending it at all

3. (reflexive) to move away, to get out of the way

   Synonym: quitar

   Atrópate del camín ― Get out of the way

4. (historical) to line up (troops)
5. to say something that wasn't clear

   Nun sé qué m'atropó ― I don't know what he said to me

• atropamientu
• atropadín
• atropabarru

From a- +‎ tropa +‎ -ar.

atropar (first-person singular present atropo, first-person singular preterite atropé, past participle atropado)

1. to line up (troops)

• “atropar”, 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