atolar

From tol, atol, from Proto-Celtic *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”) (Old Irish toll, Breton toull, Welsh twll). Cognate with Portuguese atolar and Spanish atollar.

• IPA^(key): /atoˈlaɾ/

atolar (first-person singular present atolo, first-person singular preterite atolei, past participle atolado)

1. to make ditches in a terrain
2. (transitive) to bog down
3. (pronominal) to get stuck, to bog down

• atol
• tol

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atolar”, 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), “atolar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “atolar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atolar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Spanish atollar, from tollo; a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

Related to Old Irish toll (“hole”), Breton toull, Welsh twll.

atolar (first-person singular present atolo, first-person singular preterite atolei, past participle atolado)

1. (transitive) to bog down

• atoleiro (“fix, difficult situation, jam”)
• atolar-se (“to get bogged down, get stuck in the mud”)