atar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "atar"

English

Noun

atar (plural atars)

1. Alternative spelling of attar.

Anagrams

• ta-ra, taar, Tārā, Arta, ATRA, Tara, tara, A.A.R.T., rata

Akan

Noun

atar (plural ntar) (Fante)

1. dress

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aptāre.

Verb

atar (first-person singular indicative present ato, past participle atáu)

1. to attach, tie, tie up

Conjugation

Conjugation of atar

infinitive	atar
gerund	atando
past participle	m atáu, f atada, n atao, m pl ataos, f pl ataes
person	first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	ato	ates	ata	atamos	atáis	aten
imperfect	ataba	atabes	ataba	atábemos, atábamos	atabeis, atabais	ataben
preterite	até	atasti, atesti	ató	atemos	atastis, atestis	ataron
pluperfect	atare, atara	atares, ataras	atare, atara	atáremos, atáramos	atareis, atarais	ataren, ataran
future	ataré	atarás	atará	ataremos	ataréis	atarán
conditional	ataría	ataríes	ataría	ataríemos, ataríamos	ataríeis, ataríais	ataríen
subjunctive	present	ate	ates, atas	ate	atemos	atéis	aten, atan
imperfect	atare, atara	atares, ataras	atare, atara	atáremos, atáramos	atareis, atarais	ataren, ataran
imperative	—	ata	—	—	atái	—

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin aptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtaɾ/ [aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧tar

Verb

atar (first-person singular present ato, first-person singular preterite atei, past participle atado)

1. to tie, bind, fasten

   Synonyms: amarrar, lear

   Antonym: desatar

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 806:

     prouarõ tres escaleyras de fuste et acharõnas curtas; et desi atarõnas a hũa cõ a outra et deytarõnas a hũa torre

     they tried three wooden ladders but found them too short; and so they tied them together and leaned them against a tower

2. to repair a fishing net

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atar

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	atar
Personal	atar	atares	atar	atarmos	atardes	ataren
Gerund
	atando
Past participle
Masculine	atado	atados
Feminine	atada	atadas
Indicative
Present	ato	atas	ata	atamos	atades	atan
Imperfect	ataba	atabas	ataba	atabamos	atabades	ataban
Preterite	atei	ataches	atou	atamos	atastes	ataron
Pluperfect	atara	ataras	atara	ataramos	atarades	ataran
Future	atarei	atarás	atará	ataremos	ataredes	atarán
Conditional	ataría	atarías	ataría	atariamos	atariades	atarían
Subjunctive
Present	ate	ates	ate	atemos	atedes	aten
Imperfect	atase	atases	atase	atásemos	atásedes	atasen
Future	atar	atares	atar	atarmos	atardes	ataren
Imperative
Affirmative		ata	ate	atemos	atade	aten
Negative (non)	non ates	non ate	non atemos	non atedes	non aten

    Reintegrated conjugation of atar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	atar
Personal	atar	atares	atar	atarmos	atardes	atarem
Gerund
	atando
Past participle
Masculine	atado	atados
Feminine	atada	atadas
Indicative
Present	ato	atas	ata	atamos	atades, atais	atam
Imperfect	atava	atavas	atava	atávamos	atávades, atáveis, atávais1	atavam
Preterite	atei	ataste, atache1	atou	atamos	atastes	atárom, ataram
Pluperfect	atara	ataras	atara	atáramos	atárades, atáreis, atárais1	ataram
Future	atarei	atarás	atará	ataremos	ataredes, atareis	atarám, atarão
Conditional	ataria	atarias	ataria	ataríamos	ataríades, ataríeis, ataríais1	atariam
Subjunctive
Present	ate	ates	ate	atemos	atedes, ateis	atem
Imperfect	atasse	atasses	atasse	atássemos	atássedes, atásseis	atassem
Future	atar	atares	atar	atarmos	atardes	atarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ata	ate	atemos	atade, atai	atem
Negative (nom)	nom ates	nom ate	nom atemos	nom atedes, nom ateis	nom atem

¹Less recommended.

References

• “atar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “atar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “atar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “atar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “atar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Noun

atar (plural atar-atar)

1. perfume

Irish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English attar, from Persian عطر ('ater, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume, scent; essence, attar”).

Noun

atar m (genitive singular atair)

1. attar

Declension

Declension of atar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative atar vocative a atair genitive atair dative atar forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-atar genitive an atair dative leis an atar don atar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

atar

1. present indicative/present subjunctive/imperative autonomous of at

Mutation

Mutated forms of atar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
atar	n-atar	hatar	t-atar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “atar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin aptāre.

Verb

atar (Hebrew spelling אטאר)

1. to bind, to connect, to attach
2. to close a deal
3. to rely on, to trust in

Latvian

Verb

atar

1. inflection of atart:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of atart
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of atart

Maltese

Root
’-t-r
1 term

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *ʔaṯar-

Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar)

Maltese atar

Inherited from Arabic أَثَر (ʔaṯar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (singular) /ˈa.tar/, (plural) /aˈtaːr/
• Rhymes: -atar, -aːr

Noun

atar m (plural atar)

1. trace
2. footstep

Old Welsh

Noun

atar m pl (singulative eterin)

1. bird

Descendants

• Middle Welsh: adar
  • Welsh: adar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin aptāre. Doublet of aptar, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈta(ʁ)/ [aˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈta(ʁ)/ [aˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈta(ʁ)/ [aˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧tar

Verb

atar (first-person singular present ato, first-person singular preterite atei, past participle atado)

1. to tie, tie up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	atar
Personal	atar	atares	atar	atarmos	atardes	atarem
Gerund
	atando
Past participle
Masculine	atado	atados
Feminine	atada	atadas
Indicative
Present	ato	atas	ata	atamos	atais	atam
Imperfect	atava	atavas	atava	atávamos	atáveis	atavam
Preterite	atei	ataste	atou	atamos1, atámos2	atastes	ataram
Pluperfect	atara	ataras	atara	atáramos	atáreis	ataram
Future	atarei	atarás	atará	ataremos	atareis	atarão
Conditional	ataria	atarias	ataria	ataríamos	ataríeis	atariam
Subjunctive
Present	ate	ates	ate	atemos	ateis	atem
Imperfect	atasse	atasses	atasse	atássemos	atásseis	atassem
Future	atar	atares	atar	atarmos	atardes	atarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ata	ate	atemos	atai	atem
Negative (não)	não ates	não ate	não atemos	não ateis	não atem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• atilho
• atadura
• desatar
• reatar

Related terms

• apto

Further reading

• “atar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “atar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Senhaja de Srair

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atar/

Noun

atar m (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵜⴰⵔ)

1. wild pigeon

   Synonym: limama

References

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[1], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[2], Paris, France: HAL

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hȁtār

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian határ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âtaːr/
• Hyphenation: a‧tar

Noun

ȁtār m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̏та̄р)

1. region, district, area, land
2. (transitive) area within one's jurisdiction

Declension

Declension of atar

	singular	plural
nominative	ȁtār	ȁtāri
genitive	ȁtāra	ȁtārā
dative	ȁtāru	ȁtārima
accusative	ȁtār	ȁtāre
vocative	ȁtāre	ȁtāri
locative	atáru	ȁtārima
instrumental	ȁtārom	ȁtārima

Further reading

• “atar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish atar, from Latin aptāre. Doublet of aptar, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtaɾ/ [aˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tar

Verb

atar (first-person singular present ato, first-person singular preterite até, past participle atado)

1. (transitive) to tie, tie up, tie down, to tether (secure (something) by rope or the like)

   Synonyms: amarrar, ligar

   Antonym: desatar

2. (transitive) to constrain, limit (prevent or remove movement, leave (someone or something) without freedom of movement or ability to act)

   Synonyms: constreñir, restringir, limitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	atar
gerund	atando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	atado	atada
plural	atados	atadas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	ato	atastú atásvos	ata	atamos	atáis	atan
imperfect	ataba	atabas	ataba	atábamos	atabais	ataban
preterite	até	ataste	ató	atamos	atasteis	ataron
future	ataré	atarás	atará	ataremos	ataréis	atarán
conditional	ataría	atarías	ataría	ataríamos	ataríais	atarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	ate	atestú atésvos2	ate	atemos	atéis	aten
imperfect (ra)	atara	ataras	atara	atáramos	atarais	ataran
imperfect (se)	atase	atases	atase	atásemos	ataseis	atasen
future1	atare	atares	atare	atáremos	atareis	ataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		atatú atávos	ate	atemos	atad	aten
negative		no ates	no ate	no atemos	no atéis	no aten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of atar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive atar	dative	atarme	atarte	atarle, atarse	atarnos	ataros	atarles, atarse
accusative	atarme	atarte	atarlo, atarla, atarse	atarnos	ataros	atarlos, atarlas, atarse
with gerund atando	dative	atándome	atándote	atándole, atándose	atándonos	atándoos	atándoles, atándose
accusative	atándome	atándote	atándolo, atándola, atándose	atándonos	atándoos	atándolos, atándolas, atándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ata	dative	átame	átate	átale	átanos	not used	átales
accusative	átame	átate	átalo, átala	átanos	not used	átalos, átalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative atá	dative	atame	atate	atale	atanos	not used	atales
accusative	atame	atate	atalo, atala	atanos	not used	atalos, atalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ate	dative	áteme	not used	átele, átese	átenos	not used	áteles
accusative	áteme	not used	átelo, átela, átese	átenos	not used	átelos, átelas
with first-person plural imperative atemos	dative	not used	atémoste	atémosle	atémonos	atémoos	atémosles
accusative	not used	atémoste	atémoslo, atémosla	atémonos	atémoos	atémoslos, atémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atad	dative	atadme	not used	atadle	atadnos	ataos	atadles
accusative	atadme	not used	atadlo, atadla	atadnos	ataos	atadlos, atadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aten	dative	átenme	not used	átenle	átennos	not used	átenles, átense
accusative	átenme	not used	átenlo, átenla	átennos	not used	átenlos, átenlas, átense

Derived terms

• atado
• atadura
• atar cabos
• atar corto
• atar las trompas
• atar los perros con longaniza
• atarse a la letra
• desatar
• no atar ni desatar

Related terms

• apto

Further reading

• “atar”, 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

Turkish

Verb

atar

1. third-person singular indicative aorist of atmak