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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + patrulla + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /apatɾuˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /apatɾuˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /apatɾuˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apatɾuˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧tru‧llar
Verb
apatrullar (first-person singular present apatrullo, first-person singular preterite apatrullé, past participle apatrullado)
- (colloquial) to patrol
- Synonym: (more formal) patrullar
Por la noche con su coche apatrulla la ciudad.- At night with his car he’s patrolling the town.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.