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atajar
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
atajar (first-person singular present atajo, first-person singular preterite atajé, past participle atajado)
- (transitive, Latin America) to catch (something thrown)
- (transitive, Spain) to stop; to put an end to
- 1876, Francisco Pi y Margall, Las nacionalidades:
- Cuando no las promueven ellos, las suscita ya el temor de los amenazados, ya el furor de los oprimidos, ya el general deseo de atajar la creciente tiranía.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, Spain) to block
- 2020 November 8, José A. Pérez Lunar, “https://www.diariocordoba.com/directos/cordoba-cf-mide-recreativo-granada_60.html”, in Córdoba, archived from the original on 3 February 2021:
- Disparo de Miguel. El extremo del Recreativo Granada sienta a Berto Espeso y dispara a portería, aunque Edu Frías atajó el balón.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, Spain) to intercept
- (intransitive) to take a short cut
- 1923, Leopoldo Lugones, Águeda:
- Atajando por los rápidos, y decidida a matarse si debía ocurrir, descolgóse con ese instinto montañés, rayano en inspiración, por el espantoso despeñadero.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to tackle (deal with attempting to overcome a problem)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “atajar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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