attraper

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ trapper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.tʁa.pe/
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Verb

attraper

  1. to trap (to capture in a trap)
    Synonym: piéger
    Le renard s’est enfin laissé attraper au piège.
    The fox finally got caught in the trap.
  2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
    Synonyms: prendre, saisir
  3. (figurative) to catch (a cold etc.)
    Synonym: contracter
    attraper un rhume, une fièvre ― to catch a cold, a fever

Conjugation

Conjugation of attraper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple attraper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple attrapant
/a.tʁa.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle attrapé
/a.tʁa.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present attrape
/a.tʁap/ 		attrapes
/a.tʁap/ 		attrape
/a.tʁap/ 		attrapons
/a.tʁa.pɔ̃/ 		attrapez
/a.tʁa.pe/ 		attrapent
/a.tʁap/
imperfect attrapais
/a.tʁa.pɛ/ 		attrapais
/a.tʁa.pɛ/ 		attrapait
/a.tʁa.pɛ/ 		attrapions
/a.tʁa.pjɔ̃/ 		attrapiez
/a.tʁa.pje/ 		attrapaient
/a.tʁa.pɛ/
past historic2 attrapai
/a.tʁa.pe/ 		attrapas
/a.tʁa.pa/ 		attrapa
/a.tʁa.pa/ 		attrapâmes
/a.tʁa.pam/ 		attrapâtes
/a.tʁa.pat/ 		attrapèrent
/a.tʁa.pɛʁ/
future attraperai
/a.tʁa.pʁe/ 		attraperas
/a.tʁa.pʁa/ 		attrapera
/a.tʁa.pʁa/ 		attraperons
/a.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/ 		attraperez
/a.tʁa.pʁe/ 		attraperont
/a.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/
conditional attraperais
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/ 		attraperais
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/ 		attraperait
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/ 		attraperions
/a.tʁa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		attraperiez
/a.tʁa.pə.ʁje/ 		attraperaient
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present attrape
/a.tʁap/ 		attrapes
/a.tʁap/ 		attrape
/a.tʁap/ 		attrapions
/a.tʁa.pjɔ̃/ 		attrapiez
/a.tʁa.pje/ 		attrapent
/a.tʁap/
imperfect2 attrapasse
/a.tʁa.pas/ 		attrapasses
/a.tʁa.pas/ 		attrapât
/a.tʁa.pa/ 		attrapassions
/a.tʁa.pa.sjɔ̃/ 		attrapassiez
/a.tʁa.pa.sje/ 		attrapassent
/a.tʁa.pas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — attrape
/a.tʁap/ 		— attrapons
/a.tʁa.pɔ̃/ 		attrapez
/a.tʁa.pe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: atrapar
  • → Spanish: atrapar

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