Galician

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atrever (first-person singular present atrevo, first-person singular preterite atrevín, past participle atrevido)
atrever (first-person singular present atrevo, first-person singular preterite atrevim or atrevi, past participle atrevido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dare
    Synonyms: afoutar, ousar

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese atrever, from Latin attribuere. Doublet of atribuir.

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  • Hyphenation: a‧tre‧ver

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atrever (first-person singular present atrevo, first-person singular preterite atrevi, past participle atrevido)

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dare
    Não te atrevas!Don't you dare!
    Como te atreves?How dare you?

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin attribuō (associate, assign, allot, appoint), from Latin tribuō (grant, yield). Doublet of atribuir (attribute). Compare English attribute. Also cf. Old Spanish trever, which was the normal form during the Middle Ages. Cognate with Arabic إجترء (to dare).

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  • IPA(key): /atɾeˈbeɾ/ [a.t̪ɾeˈβ̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧tre‧ver

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atrever (first-person singular present atrevo, first-person singular preterite atreví, past participle atrevido)

  1. (obsolete) to embolden
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, with a) to dare
    Synonym: osar
    No te atrevas a mentirme.
    Don't you dare lie to me.
    No me atrevería jamás a contradecirla siempre que ella estuviera en un lugar desde el que aún me pudiera escuchar.
    I would never dare to contradict her while she was somewhere she could still hear me.

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