Portuguese

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ trapo +‎ -alho +‎ -ar. Compare Galician atrapallar and Spanish trapalear.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧tra‧pa‧lhar

Verb

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atrapalhar (first-person singular present atrapalho, first-person singular preterite atrapalhei, past participle atrapalhado)

  1. (transitive) to disturb; to disrupt (to interrupt or throw into confusion)
    A sua incompetência só está nos atrapalhando.
    Your incompetence is doing nothing more than disturbing us.
  2. (pronominal) to mess up (to perform poorly; to make mistakes)
    Synonym: meter os pés pelas mãos
    Fui tocar essa música ao vivo mas me atrapalhei.
    I went play this song live but I messed up.

Conjugation

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