# amarrar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amarrer, from Middle Dutch aanmeren (“to berth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.məˈra]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.maˈraɾ]

### Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrí, past participle amarrat)
* to moor
* to tie

#### Derived terms

* amarrada
* amarrador
* amarratge

#### Further reading

* “amarrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “amarrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old French amarrer (“to moor”), from Middle Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *mairją (“mooring post”).

### Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrei, past participle amarrado)
* to moor
** 1432, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:
    que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela
       nobody should dare to moor any ship to the bridge of this town, not to insert stakes in it
* to tie
    Synonym: atar
* to catch

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* amarra (“rope”)
* amarradoiro (“mooring post”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “amarrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “amarr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amarrar”, 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), “amarrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “amarrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amarrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “amarrar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch *aenmâren, from aen (“on”) + mâren (“to moor, dock, fasten a ship”), a variant of mêren, from Proto-West Germanic *mairōn, whence English moor.

### Verb

amarrar
* to moor

#### Related terms

* amarra
* amarratge
* desamarratge

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 47.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amarrer, from Dutch aanmeren (“to tie or anchor the boat at the quay”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.maˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.maˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.maˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.maˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.maˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.maˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.maˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.mɐˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.mɐˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.mɐˈʁa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧mar‧rar

### Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrei, past participle amarrado)
* (nautical) to moor
* to tie (to fasten with ropes, thread, wire, chains, etc.)
    Por favor, amarre a corda aqui.Please tie the rope here.
* (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive, followed by "em") to love, to like very much
    Eu me amarro em filmes de ação.I love action movies.(literally, “I tie myself into action movies.”)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* amarra

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French amarrer (“to moor”), borrowed from Dutch aanmeren (“to tie or anchor the boat at the quay”).
The Dutch aanmeren comes from aan- +‎ meren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mairōną, from Proto-Germanic *mairją (“mooring post”), likely formed as Proto-Indo-European *(H)moi- (“to strengthen”) +‎ *ro- similarly to Latin mūrus (“defensive wall”), see *mey-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amaˈraɾ/ [a.maˈraɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ma‧rrar

### Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarré, past participle amarrado)
* to tie
    Synonym: atar
* to moor
    Antonyms: desamarrar, atracar

#### 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

* amarra
* amarradero
* amarrador
* amarrete
* desamarrar

#### Further reading

* “amarrar”, 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