atar - translation to English
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atar - translation to English

CITY IN MAURITANIA
Atâr
  • Atar Mosque
  • Atar Centre

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PÁGINA DE DESAMBIGUACIÓN DE WIKIMEDIA
tie, bind, fasten; shackle
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PÁGINA DE DESAMBIGUACIÓN DE WIKIMEDIA
= tether, strap, tie up, lash.
Ex: The book reached the limits of its potential as an information carrier long ago and libraries unfortunately allowed themselves to become tethered by those limitations.
Ex: Microfilm is said to have been invented during the Franco-Prussian War, to send reduced diagrams of troop positions by strapping these to the legs of carrier pigeons.
Ex: Short wedges, or quoins, were then put in between the long wedges and the inside of the chase, loosely at first so that the string with which the pages were tied up could be unwound and removed.
Ex: Gather the eight garden stakes together teepee-style around the center stake and lash them in place securely with garden wire.
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* atar a = tie (to), lash (up) to.
* atar con cadenas = chain.
* atar de pies y manos = hogtie.
* atar los cabos sueltos = tie up + loose ends.
* loco de atar = stark raving mad, raving mad, raving lunatic.
* volver a atar = re-tie.
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PÁGINA DE DESAMBIGUACIÓN DE WIKIMEDIA
to tie
to fasten
to lace
to knot
to bind

Definition

atar
verbo trans.
1) Unir o sujetar con ligaduras o nudos.
2) fig. Impedir o quitar el movimiento.
3) fig. Juntar, relacionar, conciliar.
verbo prnl. fig.
1) Embarazarse, no saber cómo salir de un negocio o apuro.
2) fig. Ceñirse a una cosa o materia determinada.

Wikipedia

Atar, Mauritania

Atar (Arabic: أطار, Berber for mountain) is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. Situated on the oued Seguellil, it is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674. In 2013 it had a population of 25,190.

Pronunciation examples for atar
1. ¿Podrás tú atar los lazos de las Pléyades, O desatarás las ligaduras de Orión?
Ciencia Bíblica # 5 El Tercer Cielo y el Abismo
2. ¿Podrás tú atar los lazos de las Pléyades, O desatarás las ligaduras de Orión?
Ciencia Bíblica # 5 El Tercer Cielo y el Abismo
Examples of use of atar
1. Para mí es imposible atar un discurso al factor racial.
2. "Estamos tratando de atar cabos, pero no los encontramos.
3. El FBI no logró atar cabos y descubrir el complot en marcha.
4. El Real Madrid quiere atar en corto al capitán blanco, Raúl González.
5. Por su forma de funcionar, parece que sabe cómo atar todos los cabos.