Portuguese

Verb

aturdir ‎(first-person singular present indicative aturdo, past participle aturdido)

1. (transitive) to stun; to shock; to surprise
2. (transitive) to stun (to incapacitate by inducing disorientation)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to surprise): assombrar, surpreender, atordoar
• (to incapacitate): atordoar

Spanish

Etymology

From older atordir, from a- + tordo ‎(“thrush”) + -ir, based on the similarity between the thrush's flight and the scrambled movement of someone who has been dazed or stunned (compare French étourdir).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atuɾˈðiɾ/

Verb

aturdir ‎(first-person singular present aturdo, first-person singular preterite aturdí, past participle aturdido)

1. to stun, to daze, to dumbfound

Conjugation

Derived terms

• aturdimiento m

References

1. ↑ Gómez de Silva, Guido (1988) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española (in Spanish), Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, ISBN 968-16-2812-8