aturullar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a- + turullo + -ar; the middle element means "shepherd's call-horn" and is of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /atuɾuˈʝaɾ/ [a.t̪u.ɾuˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /atuɾuˈʎaɾ/ [a.t̪u.ɾuˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /atuɾuˈʃaɾ/ [a.t̪u.ɾuˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /atuɾuˈʒaɾ/ [a.t̪u.ɾuˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧tu‧ru‧llar

Verb

aturullar (first-person singular present aturullo, first-person singular preterite aturullé, past participle aturullado)

  1. (transitive) to stun, to confound, bamboozle

Conjugation

Further reading

  • aturullar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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