andar ao atá

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === aguatá === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi agûatá (“I walk”), reanalyzed as ao atá by analogy with other adverbial phrases. The grapheme ⟨gû⟩ was originally pronounced [w] in Old Tupi. First attested in the 17th century. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === ao atá (Brazil) aimlessly, without direction; disoriented Synonym: a esmo andar ao atá ― to walk aimlessly ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “atá”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “atá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “atá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026