# atar
## English
### Noun

atar (plural atars)
* Alternative spelling of attar

### Anagrams

* ta-ra, taar, Tārā, Arta, ATRA, Tara, tara, A.A.R.T., rata

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin aptāre.

### Verb

atar (first-person singular indicative present ato, past participle atáu)
* to attach, tie, tie up

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin aptāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtaɾ/ [aˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

atar (first-person singular present ato, first-person singular preterite atei, past participle atado)
* to tie, bind, fasten
    Synonyms: amarrar, lear
    Antonym: desatar
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torrethey tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower
* to repair a fishing net

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “atar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “atar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atar”, 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), “atar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “atar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Indonesian
### Noun

atar (plural atar-atar)
* perfume

## Irish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English attar, from Persian عطر ('ater, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume, scent; essence, attar”).

#### Noun

atar m (genitive singular atair)
* attar

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
atar
vocative
a atair
genitive
atair
dative
atar
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an t-atar
genitive
an atair
dative
leis an atar don atar :

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

atar
* present indicative/present subjunctive/imperative autonomous of at

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “atar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin aptāre.

### Verb

atar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אטאר)
* to tie

## Latvian
### Verb

atar
* inflection of atart:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** third-person plural present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of atart
* (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of atart

## Maltese

* Root
* ’-t-r
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (singular) /ˈa.tar/, (plural) /aˈtaːr/

### Noun

atar m (plural atar)
* trace
* footstep

## Old Welsh
### Noun

atar m pl (singulative eterin)
* bird

#### Descendants

* Middle Welsh: adar
** Welsh: adar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin aptāre. Doublet of aptar, a later borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈta(ʁ)/ [aˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈta(ʁ)/ [aˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aˈta(ʁ)/ [aˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧tar

### Verb

atar (first-person singular present ato, first-person singular preterite atei, past participle atado)
* to tie, tie up

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* atilho
* atadura
* desatar
* reatar

#### Related terms

* apto

### Further reading

* “atar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* hȁtār

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian határ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /âtaːr/
* Hyphenation: a‧tar

### Noun

ȁtār m (Cyrillic spelling а̏та̄р)
* region, district, area, land
* (transitive) area within one's jurisdiction

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Hadrovics, László (1985) “hatar, atar”, in Ungarische Elemente im Serbokroatischen [Hungarian elements in Serbo-Croatian] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 260

### Further reading

* “atar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin aptāre. Doublet of aptar, a later borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtaɾ/ [aˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧tar

### Verb

atar (first-person singular present ato, first-person singular preterite até, past participle atado)
* (transitive) to tie, tie up, tie down, to tether (secure (something) by rope or the like)
    Synonyms: amarrar, ligar
    Antonym: desatar
* (transitive) to constrain, limit (prevent or remove movement, leave (someone or something) without freedom of movement or ability to act)

#### 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

* atado
* atadura
* atar cabos
* atar las trompas
* atar los perros con longaniza
* desatar
* no atar ni desatar

#### Related terms

* apto

### Further reading

* “atar”, 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

## Turkish
### Verb

atar
* third-person singular indicative aorist of atmak