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aturdir

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Spanish aturdir.

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tuɾˈdiɾ/ [ɐ.tuɾˈðiɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tuɾˈdi.ɾi/ [ɐ.tuɾˈði.ɾi]

Verb

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aturdir (first-person singular present aturdo, first-person singular preterite aturdi, past participle aturdido)

  1. (transitive) to stun; to shock; to surprise
    Synonyms: assombrar, surpreender, atordoar
  2. (transitive) to stun (to incapacitate by inducing disorientation)
    Synonym: atordoar

Conjugation

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From older atordir, from a- + tordo (thrush) + -ir, based on the similarity between the thrush's flight and the scrambled movement of someone who has been dazed or stunned (compare French étourdir).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /atuɾˈdiɾ/ [a.t̪uɾˈð̞iɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧tur‧dir

Verb

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aturdir (first-person singular present aturdo, first-person singular preterite aturdí, past participle aturdido)

  1. to stun, to daze, to dumbfound

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gómez de Silva, Guido (1988) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española (in Spanish), Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, →ISBN

Further reading

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