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Portuguese
Etymology
From a- + tropel + -ar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧tro‧pe‧lar
Verb
atropelar (first-person singular present atropelo, first-person singular preterite atropelei, past participle atropelado)
- (transitive) to hit an obstacle while moving
- (transitive) to run over (drive over, causing injury or death)
- (Brazil, derogatory, vulgar, transitive) to spray graffiti in an area already graffitied, technically deforming or removing the previous one
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.