atrapalhar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- + trapo (substantive) + -alho + -ar. Compare Galician atrapallar and Spanish trapalear. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧tra‧pa‧lhar === Verb === atrapalhar (first-person singular present atrapalho, first-person singular preterite atrapalhei, past participle atrapalhado) (transitive) to disturb; to disrupt (to interrupt or throw into confusion) (pronominal) to mess up (to perform poorly; to make mistakes) Synonym: meter os pés pelas mãos ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “atrapalhar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “atrapalhar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026