atiborrar

Spanish

Etymology

From archaic atibar + borra. atibar derived from Latin stipāre (whence English constipation).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atiboˈraɾ/ [a.t̪i.β̞oˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧ti‧bo‧rrar

Verb

atiborrar (first-person singular present atiborro, first-person singular preterite atiborré, past participle atiborrado)

  1. to crowd
    • 2020 June 28, Rosa Montero, “Más brutos y no nacemos”, in El País[1], Madrid, →ISSN:
      De eso se aprovechan esos malnacidos que atiborran la Red de falsedades o de noticias antiguas que hacen pasar por nuevas, lo cual está volviendo tarumba al personal.
      Those bastards take advantage of this, flooding the Net with falsehoods or old news that they pass off as current, which is leaving people in a daze.
  2. to stuff
  3. (reflexive) to stuff oneself (with food)

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