atrapalhar

Portuguese

From a- +‎ trapo +‎ -alho +‎ -ar. Compare Galician atrapallar and Spanish trapalear.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾa.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾa.paˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.tɾa.paˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.tɾa.paˈʎa(ʁ)/ [a.tɾa.paˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tɾa.paˈʎa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐ.pɐˈʎaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɾɐ.pɐˈʎa.ɾi/

atrapalhar (first-person singular present atrapalho, first-person singular preterite atrapalhei, past participle atrapalhado)

(transitive) to disturb; to disrupt (to interrupt or throw into confusion)
A sua incompetência só está nos atrapalhando.
Your incompetence is doing nothing more than disturbing us.
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to mess up (to perform poorly; to make mistakes)
Synonym: meter os pés pelas mãos

Fui tocar essa música ao vivo mas me atrapalhei.
I went play this song live but I messed up.

Conjugation of atrapalhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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