atuar

From a- +‎ tu (“you”).

• IPA^(key): /atuˈaɾ/

atuar (first-person singular present atúo, first-person singular preterite atuei, past participle atuado)
atuar (first-person singular present atuo, first-person singular preterite atuei, past participle atuado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to address someone informally with ti, tu, rather than the formal vostede

• ti

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• IPA^(key): /atuˈaɾ/

atuar (first-person singular present atúo, first-person singular preterite atuei, past participle atuado)
atuar (first-person singular present atuo, first-person singular preterite atuei, past participle atuado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to bury
2. to clog; block up

   Synonym: atuír

• atuír

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

• actuar (pre-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin āctuāre (“actuate”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).

• Homophone: atoar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: a‧tu‧ar

atuar (first-person singular present atuo, first-person singular preterite atuei, past participle atuado)

1. to act
2. to operate, function
3. to influence