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atortar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ torta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /atoɾˈtaɾ/ [a.t̪oɾˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧tor‧tar

Verb

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atortar (first-person singular present atorto, first-person singular preterite atorté, past participle atortado) (colloquial)

  1. (intransitive, pronominal, Honduras, El Salvador) to sit comfortably
  2. (transitive, Honduras, El Salvador) to flunk
  3. (transitive, El Salvador) to humiliate (someone)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • atortar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010