zapear

From English zap + -ear.

zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeei, past participle zapeado)
zapear (first-person singular present zapeio, first-person singular preterite zapeei, past participle zapeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to zap (change TV channels repeatedly)

• zapar

From English zap +‎ -ear.

zapear (first-person singular present zapeio, first-person singular preterite zapeei, past participle zapeado)

1. (Brazil) to zap (change TV channels repeatedly)

   Synonym: fazer zapping

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θapeˈaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sapeˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: za‧pe‧ar

Borrowed from English zap + -ear.

zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeé, past participle zapeado)

1. (Spain) to zap, channel surf, channel hop (change TV channels repeatedly)

   Synonym: hacer zapping

zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeé, past participle zapeado)

1. shoo (to induce someone or something to leave)
2. scare off (to cause (something) to flee by frightening it)

• “zapear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10