atestar

to pack

atestar(ah-tehs-tahr)

transitive verb

1. (to fill)

a. to pack

En esta época del año, los turistas atestan el centro y es imposible pasear.

At this time of the year, the center is packed with tourists and it's impossible to walk around there.

b. to cram

Nico atestó su maleta de ropa y se apuró para llegar al aeropuerto.

Nico crammed his suitcase with clothes and hurried to get to the airport.

2. (legal)

a. to testify to

El camarero atestó no haber visto al acusado en el bar, como había dicho.

The waiter testified to not having seen the defendant at the bar, as he had claimed.

atestarse

pronominal verb

3. (to be filled with)

a. to stuff oneself

Leopoldo no había comido para poder atestarse en el banquete.

Leopoldo didn't have lunch so that he would be able to stuff himself at the feast.

atestar

transitive verb

1. (llenar)

a. to pack, to cram

2. (law)

a. to testify to

atestar

transitive verb

(Jur) to attest; testify to; (dar prueba de) to vouch for

una palabra no atestada an unattested word; an unrecorded word

atestar

transitive verb

(llenar) to pack; stuff;de with

atestar a algn de frutas to stuff sb with fruit

pronominal verb

atestarse to stuff o.s.;de with;