atolar

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atoˈlaɾ/

Verb

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

Related terms

• atol
• tol

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atolar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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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.

Verb

1. (transitive) to bog down

Related terms

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