tolher

Portuguese

From Latin tollere (“to raise; to take away; to destroy”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʎe(ʁ)/ [toˈʎe(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toˈʎe(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toˈʎe(ʁ)/ [toˈʎe(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʎe(ɻ)/

tolher (first-person singular present tolho, first-person singular preterite tolhi, past participle tolhido)

(transitive) to hamper, to hinder, to impede
Synonyms: dificultar, obstruir, obstar, estorvar
- 1990, Jostein Gaarder, chapter 20, in O Mundo de Sofia, page 273:
  Uma pressão exterior é capaz de nos tolher.
  An exterior pressure is capable of hindering us.
(transitive) to prohibit, to disallow
Synonym: proibir
(reflexive) to paralyze (to inhibit movement of the body)
Synonym: paralisar

Conjugation of tolher (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

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