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atenazar

atenazar

Portuguese

Verb

atenazar (first-person singular present indicative atenazo, past participle atenazado)

  1. Alternative form of atanazar

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From tenaza, from Latin tenāx (gripping, tenacious).

Verb

atenazar (first-person singular present atenazo, first-person singular preterite atenacé, past participle atenazado)

  1. (transitive, literally) to hold in place (especially by means of a clamp, vice, etc.)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to grip, paralyse (especially fear)

Conjugation

  • Rule: z becomes a c before e.

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