atarugar

From a- +‎ tarugo +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ataɾuˈɡaɾ/ [a.t̪a.ɾuˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ta‧ru‧gar

atarugar (first-person singular present atarugo, first-person singular preterite atarugué, past participle atarugado)

1. (transitive) to peg down, nail down
2. (transitive) to block up; hole up
3. (transitive) to stuff
4. (transitive) to wind up; peeve
5. (transitive) to stuff (with food)
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     [la comida] era más rica que fina, algo a la pata la llana, demasiado suculenta, comida española de esa que parece hecha para estómagos de gigantes y más para atarugar rústicos cuerpos que para deleitar delicados paladares.

     [the food] was rich more more than fine, somewhat plain, too succulent, the kind of Spanish food that seems to be made for giants' stomachs and more to stuff rustic bodies than to delight delicate palates.

6. (reflexive, pronominal) to stuff oneself (with food)
7. (reflexive, pronominal) to choke

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