atropelar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- +‎ tropel (troop) +‎ -ar. Only attested in the Cronica Troiana.

Verb

atropelar

  1. to trample; to run over. The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, chapter 373, in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], Kingdom of Galicia, translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (in Old French), →OCLC, manuscript MSS/10233, page 148r:
      Et tã grande era ali o puxaꝛ ⁊ o atropellaꝛ ⁊ o feriꝛ en gſa q̃ nõ podiã y regos duraꝛ ẽno torneo.
      [Et ta[n] grande era ali o puxar et o atropellar et o ferir en g[ui]sa q[ue] no[n] podia[n] y [g]regos durar enno torneo.]
      And so great was the pushing, the trampling and the injuring that the Greeks couldn't stand at the combat.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • >? Fala: atropellal
  • Galician: atropelar
  • Portuguese: atropelar

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese atropelar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ tropel +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾu.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.tɾu.peˈla(h)], /a.tɾo.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.tɾo.peˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.tɾu.peˈla(ɾ)/, /a.tɾo.peˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.tɾu.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.tɾu.peˈla(χ)], /a.tɾo.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.tɾo.peˈla(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.tɾu.peˈla(ɻ)/, /a.tɾo.peˈla(ɻ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tɾo.peˈla(ʁ)/ [a.tɾo.peˈla(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɾu.pɨˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɾu.pɨˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧tro‧pe‧lar

Verb

atropelar (first-person singular present atropelo, first-person singular preterite atropelei, past participle atropelado)

  1. (transitive) to hit an obstacle while moving
  2. (transitive) to run over (drive over, causing injury or death)
  3. (Brazil, derogatory, slang, transitive) to spray graffiti on an area already graffitied, technically deforming or removing the previous graffiti

Conjugation

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