atolar

== Galician == === Etymology === From tol, atol, from Proto-Celtic *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 === atolar (first-person singular present atolo, first-person singular preterite atolei, past participle atolado) to make ditches in a terrain (transitive) to bog down (pronominal) to get stuck, to bog down ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== atol tol === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atolar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “atolar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 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 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Spanish atollar, from tollo; a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Related to Old Irish toll (“hole”), Breton toull, Welsh twll. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧to‧lar === Verb === atolar (first-person singular present atolo, first-person singular preterite atolei, past participle atolado) (transitive) to bog down (reflexive) to get bogged down, to get stuck in the mud ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== atoleiro (“fix, difficult situation, jam”) === Further reading === “atolar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “atolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026