# atrofiar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From atròfia +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.tɾu.fiˈa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.tɾo.fiˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.tɾo.fiˈaɾ]

### Verb

atrofiar (first-person singular present atrofio, first-person singular preterite atrofií, past participle atrofiat)
* (transitive) to cause atrophy
* (reflexive) to atrophy

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “atrofiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “atrofiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “atrofiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “atrofiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From atrofia +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.tɾo.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾo.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.tɾoˈfja(ʁ)/ [a.tɾoˈfja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.tɾo.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾo.fɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.tɾoˈfja(ʁ)/ [a.tɾoˈfja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.tɾo.fiˈa(ɾ)/ [a.tɾo.fɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.tɾoˈfja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.tɾo.fiˈa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾo.fɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.tɾoˈfja(ʁ)/ [a.tɾoˈfja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.tɾo.fiˈa(ɻ)/ [a.tɾo.fɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.tɾoˈfja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɾuˈfjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɾuˈfjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.tɾuˈfja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧tro‧fi‧ar

### Verb

atrofiar (first-person singular present atrofio, first-person singular preterite atrofiei, past participle atrofiado)
* (medicine, intransitive, of a body part) to atrophy (to wither due to disease or lack of use)
* (medicine, transitive) to cause to atrophy

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “atrofiar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “atrofiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “atrofiar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “atrofiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “atrofiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “atrofiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From atrofia +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /atɾoˈfjaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾoˈfjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧tro‧fiar

### Verb

atrofiar (first-person singular present atrofio, first-person singular preterite atrofié, past participle atrofiado)
* to cause atrophy
* (reflexive) to atrophy

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* atrofiarse

### Further reading

* “atrofiar”, 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