aturdir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish aturdir

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to stun; to shock; to surprise
  2. (transitive) to stun (to incapacitate by inducing disorientation)

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Spanish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /aturˈdiɾ/, [at̪urˈðiɾ]

Verb

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

  1. to stun, to daze, to dumbfound

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      References

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

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