aturdir

Meaning

to stun, to daze, to dumbfound

Hyphenated as
a‧tur‧dir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/atuɾˈdiɾ/
Etymology

In summary

From older atordir, from a- + tordo (“thrush”) + -ir, based on the similarity between the thrush's flight and the scrambled movement of someone who has been dazed or stunned (compare French étourdir).

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