Portuguese

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ tropel +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: a‧tro‧pe‧lar

Verb

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atropelar (first-person singular present atropelo, first-person singular preterite atropelei, past participle atropelado)

  1. (transitive) to hit an obstacle while moving
  2. (transitive) to run over (drive over, causing injury or death)
  3. (Brazil, derogatory, vulgar, transitive) to spray graffiti in an area already graffitied, technically deforming or removing the previous one

Conjugation

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