zampar

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Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

zampar (first-person singular present zampo, first-person singular preterite zampé, past participle zampado)

  1. (transitive, colloquial, also reflexive) to scarf; to wolf down (to eat or drink rapidly)
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to tuck or hide away

Usage notes

  • Normally used with a reflexive dative of interest: zamparse algo, to gobble something up.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zampar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive zampar
gerund zampando
past participle masculine feminine
singular zampado zampada
plural zampados zampadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zampo zampastú
zampásvos 		zampa zampamos zampáis zampan
imperfect zampaba zampabas zampaba zampábamos zampabais zampaban
preterite zampé zampaste zampó zampamos zampasteis zamparon
future zamparé zamparás zampará zamparemos zamparéis zamparán
conditional zamparía zamparías zamparía zamparíamos zamparíais zamparían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zampe zampestú
zampésvos2 		zampe zampemos zampéis zampen
imperfect
(ra) 		zampara zamparas zampara zampáramos zamparais zamparan
imperfect
(se) 		zampase zampases zampase zampásemos zampaseis zampasen
future1 zampare zampares zampare zampáremos zampareis zamparen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative zampatú
zampávos 		zampe zampemos zampad zampen
negative no zampes no zampe no zampemos no zampéis no zampen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of zampar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive zampar dative zamparme zamparte zamparle, zamparse zamparnos zamparos zamparles, zamparse
accusative zamparme zamparte zamparlo, zamparla, zamparse zamparnos zamparos zamparlos, zamparlas, zamparse
with gerund zampando dative zampándome zampándote zampándole, zampándose zampándonos zampándoos zampándoles, zampándose
accusative zampándome zampándote zampándolo, zampándola, zampándose zampándonos zampándoos zampándolos, zampándolas, zampándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zampa dative zámpame zámpate zámpale zámpanos not used zámpales
accusative zámpame zámpate zámpalo, zámpala zámpanos not used zámpalos, zámpalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zampá dative zampame zampate zampale zampanos not used zampales
accusative zampame zampate zampalo, zampala zampanos not used zampalos, zampalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zampe dative zámpeme not used zámpele, zámpese zámpenos not used zámpeles
accusative zámpeme not used zámpelo, zámpela, zámpese zámpenos not used zámpelos, zámpelas
with first-person plural imperative zampemos dative not used zampémoste zampémosle zampémonos zampémoos zampémosles
accusative not used zampémoste zampémoslo, zampémosla zampémonos zampémoos zampémoslos, zampémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zampad dative zampadme not used zampadle zampadnos zampaos zampadles
accusative zampadme not used zampadlo, zampadla zampadnos zampaos zampadlos, zampadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zampen dative zámpenme not used zámpenle zámpennos not used zámpenles, zámpense
accusative zámpenme not used zámpenlo, zámpenla zámpennos not used zámpenlos, zámpenlas, zámpense

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