atontar

v.

1 to daze, to stun.

El golpe atontó a Ricardo The blow stunned Richard.

2 to dull the mind of (volver tonto).

3 to make dumb, to make dull, to stupefy.

Las drogas atontan a las personas Drugs make people dumb.

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atontar

► verbo transitivo

1 (volver tonto) to make stupid, stupefy, turn into a vegetable

2 (aturdir) to confuse, bewilder, stun; (con un golpe) to stun, daze; (marear) to make dopey

► verbo pronominal atontarse

1 (volverse tonto) to go stupid, turn into a vegetable

2 (aturdirse) to get confused, be bewildered; to become groggy, begin to feel groggy

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1. VT

1) (Med) to stupefy

2) (=aturdir) to bewilder, stun

2.

See:

atontarse

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verbo transitivo golpe to stun, daze

las pastillas me atontaron — the pills made me feel groggy

la televisión los atonta — television turns them into vegetables o zombies

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verbo transitivo golpe to stun, daze

las pastillas me atontaron — the pills made me feel groggy

la televisión los atonta — television turns them into vegetables o zombies

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atontar [A1 ]

vt

estas pastillas me están atontando these pills are making me feel groggy o dopey

tanta televisión va a acabar atontándolos all this television's going to turn them into vegetables o zombies

el golpe lo atontó he was stunned o dazed by the blow, the blow stunned o dazed him

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atontar (conjugate atontar) verbo transitivo [golpe] to stun, daze;

◊ estas pastillas me atontan these pills make me groggy;

la televisión los atonta television turns them into vegetables o zombies
atontar verbo transitivo to confuse, bewilder

'atontar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atontado

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atontar

♦ vt

1. [aturdir] to daze, to stun

2. [volver tonto] to dull the mind of;

la televisión atonta a los niños television dulls children's minds

♦ See also the pronominal verb atontarse

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atontar

v/t

1 make groggy o

dopey; (volver tonto) turn into a zombie

2 de golpe stun, daze

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atontar vt

1) : to stupefy

2) : to bewilder, to confuse

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atontar vb

1. (volver tonto) to turn into a vegetable

algunos programas de televisión te atontan some television programmes do your brain in

2. (atolondrar) to stun [pt. & pp. stunned]

el golpe me atontó the blow stunned me

3. (marear) to make sleepy

estas pastillas me atontan these tablets make me sleepy