# atoar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* atuar

### Etymology

Attested since 1437. Etymology unknown. Probably not from Latin obturare; compare Galician aturar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /atoˈaɾ/

### Verb

atoar (first-person singular present atoo, first-person singular preterite atoei, past participle atoado)
* to obstruct, to clog
    Synonyms: atascar, atuír, obstruír, tapar
** 1437, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 121:por rasón que o cano da fonte Arcada estaua atuado e tapado ena orta do dito Pero Gomesbecause the pipe of the Arched Fountain was clogged and obstructed in Pedro Gomez's garden
* to cover with earth
    Synonyms: enterrar, tapar
* (dated) to calm down
    Synonym: acougar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unknown

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /atoˈaɾ/ [a.t̪oˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧to‧ar

### Verb

atoar (first-person singular present atoo, first-person singular preterite atoé, past participle atoado)
* to tow

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | atoar | atoar | atoar | atoar | atoar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | atoando | atoando | atoando | atoando | atoando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | atoado | atoado | atoada | atoada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | atoados | atoados | atoadas | atoadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | atoo | atoas$^{tú}$ atoás$^{vos}$ | atoa | atoamos | atoáis | atoan |
| indicative | imperfect | atoaba | atoabas | atoaba | atoábamos | atoabais | atoaban |
| indicative | preterite | atoé | atoaste | atoó | atoamos | atoasteis | atoaron |
| indicative | future | atoaré | atoarás | atoará | atoaremos | atoaréis | atoarán |
| indicative | conditional | atoaría | atoarías | atoaría | atoaríamos | atoaríais | atoarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | atoe | atoes$^{tú}$ atoés$^{vos2}$ | atoe | atoemos | atoéis | atoen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | atoara | atoaras | atoara | atoáramos | atoarais | atoaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | atoase | atoases | atoase | atoásemos | atoaseis | atoasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | atoare | atoares | atoare | atoáremos | atoareis | atoaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | atoa$^{tú}$ atoá$^{vos}$ | atoe | atoemos | atoad | atoen |
| imperative | negative | | no atoes | no atoe | no atoemos | no atoéis | no atoen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atuado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atoar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “atoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atoar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Further reading

* “atoar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014