atenazar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.te.naˈza(ʁ)/ [a.te.naˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.te.naˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.te.naˈza(ʁ)/ [a.te.naˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.te.naˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɨ.nɐˈzaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɨ.nɐˈza.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧te‧na‧zar

Verb

atenazar (first-person singular present atenazo, first-person singular preterite atenazei, past participle atenazado)

  1. Alternative form of atanazar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + tenaza + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /atenaˈθaɾ/ [a.t̪e.naˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /atenaˈsaɾ/ [a.t̪e.naˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧te‧na‧zar

Verb

atenazar (first-person singular present atenazo, first-person singular preterite atenacé, past participle atenazado)

  1. (transitive, literally) to hold in place (especially by means of a clamp, vice, etc.)
    • 1993, Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Imágenes:
      le rodeó la garganta con su antebrazo para cortarle la respiración y, atenazando con ambas piernas las ingles del héroe, hizo presa en las rodillas de éste con sus pies
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to grip, paralyse (especially with fear)
    • 2020, Lucía G. Sobrado, Cristina Prieto Solano, Rebelión Roja, Roomie Ediciones, →ISBN, page 67:
      Cierro los ojos y respiro hondo con el pánico atenazando cada fibra de mi ser.
      I close my eyes and breath deeply, the fear gripping every fiber of my being.

Conjugation

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