zapar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English zap +‎ -ar.

Verb

zapar (first-person singular present zapo, first-person singular preterite zapei, past participle zapado)

  1. Alternative spelling of zapear
    Synonym: fazer zapping

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zapar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal zapar
Personal zapar zapares zapar zaparmos zapardes zaparem
Gerund
zapando
Past participle
Masculine zapado zapados
Feminine zapada zapadas
Indicative
Present zapo zapas zapa zapamos zapais zapam
Imperfect zapava zapavas zapava zapávamos zapáveis zapavam
Preterite zapei zapaste zapou zapamos1, zapámos2 zapastes zaparam
Pluperfect zapara zaparas zapara zapáramos zapáreis zaparam
Future zaparei zaparás zapará zaparemos zapareis zaparão
Conditional zaparia zaparias zaparia zaparíamos zaparíeis zapariam
Subjunctive
Present zape zapes zape zapemos zapeis zapem
Imperfect zapasse zapasses zapasse zapássemos zapásseis zapassem
Future zapar zapares zapar zaparmos zapardes zaparem
Imperative
Affirmative zapa zape zapemos zapai zapem
Negative (não) não zapes não zape não zapemos não zapeis não zapem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From zapa +‎ -ar. Compare Italian zappare, French saper, Romanian săpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θaˈpaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saˈpaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: za‧par

Verb

zapar (first-person singular present zapo, first-person singular preterite zapé, past participle zapado)

  1. to sap
  2. to undermine
    Synonym: socavar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive zapar
gerund zapando
past participle masculine feminine
singular zapado zapada
plural zapados zapadas
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 zapo zapastú
zapásvos 		zapa zapamos zapáis zapan
imperfect zapaba zapabas zapaba zapábamos zapabais zapaban
preterite zapé zapaste zapó zapamos zapasteis zaparon
future zaparé zaparás zapará zaparemos zaparéis zaparán
conditional zaparía zaparías zaparía zaparíamos zaparíais zaparían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present zape zapestú
zapésvos2 		zape zapemos zapéis zapen
imperfect
(ra) 		zapara zaparas zapara zapáramos zaparais zaparan
imperfect
(se) 		zapase zapases zapase zapásemos zapaseis zapasen
future1 zapare zapares zapare zapáremos zapareis zaparen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative zapatú
zapávos 		zape zapemos zapad zapen
negative no zapes no zape no zapemos no zapéis no zapen

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

    Selected combined forms of zapar

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 zapar dative zaparme zaparte zaparle, zaparse zaparnos zaparos zaparles, zaparse
accusative zaparme zaparte zaparlo, zaparla, zaparse zaparnos zaparos zaparlos, zaparlas, zaparse
with gerund zapando dative zapándome zapándote zapándole, zapándose zapándonos zapándoos zapándoles, zapándose
accusative zapándome zapándote zapándolo, zapándola, zapándose zapándonos zapándoos zapándolos, zapándolas, zapándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zapa dative zápame zápate zápale zápanos not used zápales
accusative zápame zápate zápalo, zápala zápanos not used zápalos, zápalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zapá dative zapame zapate zapale zapanos not used zapales
accusative zapame zapate zapalo, zapala zapanos not used zapalos, zapalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zape dative zápeme not used zápele, zápese zápenos not used zápeles
accusative zápeme not used zápelo, zápela, zápese zápenos not used zápelos, zápelas
with first-person plural imperative zapemos dative not used zapémoste zapémosle zapémonos zapémoos zapémosles
accusative not used zapémoste zapémoslo, zapémosla zapémonos zapémoos zapémoslos, zapémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zapad dative zapadme not used zapadle zapadnos zapaos zapadles
accusative zapadme not used zapadlo, zapadla zapadnos zapaos zapadlos, zapadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zapen dative zápenme not used zápenle zápennos not used zápenles, zápense
accusative zápenme not used zápenlo, zápenla zápennos not used zápenlos, zápenlas, zápense

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