# aterrar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ateˈra(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: a‧te‧rrar

### Verb

aterrar
* (intransitive) to land

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “aterrar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ terra (“land”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.təˈra]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.teˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: a‧ter‧rar

### Verb

aterrar (first-person singular present aterro, first-person singular preterite aterrí, past participle aterrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive) to knock down, pull down, bring down
* (intransitive) to land (for example, of a plane, bird, projectile etc.)

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.teˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.teˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.teˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.teˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.teˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.teˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.teˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.teˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.teˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.teˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɨˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɨˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɨˈʁa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧ter‧rar

### Etymology 1

From a- +‎ terra +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

aterrar (first-person singular present aterro, first-person singular preterite aterrei, past participle aterrado)
* (intransitive) to land
    Synonym: pousar
* (intransitive, nautical) to dock
* (transitive) to fill or cover with earth
* (transitive) to raise (a field) with earth or rubble
* (transitive, electricity) to ground
* (transitive, archaic) to knock down
* (reflexive) to burrow (of an animal)
* (reflexive) to fall down, to fall to earth

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2

From Latin terrēre.

#### Verb

aterrar (first-person singular present aterro, first-person singular preterite aterrei, past participle aterrado)
* to terrorize
    Synonym: aterrorizar

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

##### Derived terms

* aterrador

### Further reading

* “aterrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “aterrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ateˈraɾ/ [a.t̪eˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧te‧rrar

### Etymology 1

From a- +‎ tierra (“land”) +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

aterrar (first-person singular present atierro, first-person singular preterite aterré, past participle aterrado)
* (transitive) to bring down, to ground
* to cover with earth, soil, sand, etc.
* (intransitive) to land
    Synonym: aterrizar

##### Conjugation

$^1$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.

##### Derived terms

* aterraje
* aterramiento

##### See also

* enterrar
* enlodar

### Etymology 2

From a- +‎ Latin terreō.

#### Verb

aterrar (first-person singular present aterro, first-person singular preterite aterré, past participle aterrado)
* (transitive) to scare
    Synonyms: aterrorizar; see also Thesaurus:asustar
** 2021, Anne Aguirre, Acordes entre cenizas [Chords among ashes], Roomie Ediciones:La luz es demasiado fuerte y la oscuridad me aterra.Light is too strong and darkness scares me.

##### Conjugation

$^1$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.

##### Derived terms

* aterrador
* aterramiento

##### Related terms

* terror

### Further reading

* “aterrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10