aporrear
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.po.heˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ɾ)/ [a.po.heˈa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.po.χeˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ɻ)/ [a.po.heˈa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.puˈʁjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.puˈʁja.ɾi/
Verb
aporrear (first-person singular present aporreio, first-person singular preterite aporreei, past participle aporreado)
- (colloquial) to beat someone up, especially with a blunt weapon; to bludgeon
- (colloquial) to annoy or bother
- Synonyms: importunar, aporrinhar, atazanar
- (South Brazil) to tame or curb a horse
Conjugation
Conjugation of aporrear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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 | aporrear | |||||
| Personal | aporrear | aporreares | aporrear | aporrearmos | aporreardes | aporrearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aporreando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | aporreado | aporreados | ||||
| Feminine | aporreada | aporreadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aporreio | aporreias | aporreia | aporreamos | aporreais | aporreiam |
| Imperfect | aporreava | aporreavas | aporreava | aporreávamos | aporreáveis | aporreavam |
| Preterite | aporreei | aporreaste | aporreou | aporreamos1, aporreámos2 | aporreastes | aporrearam |
| Pluperfect | aporreara | aporrearas | aporreara | aporreáramos | aporreáreis | aporrearam |
| Future | aporrearei | aporrearás | aporreará | aporrearemos | aporreareis | aporrearão |
| Conditional | aporrearia | aporrearias | aporrearia | aporrearíamos | aporrearíeis | aporreariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aporreie | aporreies | aporreie | aporreemos | aporreeis | aporreiem |
| Imperfect | aporreasse | aporreasses | aporreasse | aporreássemos | aporreásseis | aporreassem |
| Future | aporrear | aporreares | aporrear | aporrearmos | aporreardes | aporrearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aporreia | aporreie | aporreemos | aporreai | aporreiem | |
| Negative (não) | não aporreies | não aporreie | não aporreemos | não aporreeis | não aporreiem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “aporrear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “aporrear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “aporrear”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “aporrear”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “aporrear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “aporrear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “aporrear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aporeˈaɾ/ [a.po.reˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧po‧rre‧ar
Verb
aporrear (first-person singular present aporreo, first-person singular preterite aporreé, past participle aporreado)
- to club, bludgeon (to hit with a club/baton/truncheon/night stick)
- to hammer, rap (knock loudly)
- to pound, beat
- aporrear el piano ― to pound the piano
Conjugation
Conjugation of aporrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of aporrear
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 aporrear | dative | aporrearme | aporrearte | aporrearle, aporrearse | aporrearnos | aporrearos | aporrearles, aporrearse |
| accusative | aporrearme | aporrearte | aporrearlo, aporrearla, aporrearse | aporrearnos | aporrearos | aporrearlos, aporrearlas, aporrearse | |
| with gerund aporreando | dative | aporreándome | aporreándote | aporreándole, aporreándose | aporreándonos | aporreándoos | aporreándoles, aporreándose |
| accusative | aporreándome | aporreándote | aporreándolo, aporreándola, aporreándose | aporreándonos | aporreándoos | aporreándolos, aporreándolas, aporreándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aporrea | dative | aporréame | aporréate | aporréale | aporréanos | not used | aporréales |
| accusative | aporréame | aporréate | aporréalo, aporréala | aporréanos | not used | aporréalos, aporréalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aporreá | dative | aporreame | aporreate | aporreale | aporreanos | not used | aporreales |
| accusative | aporreame | aporreate | aporrealo, aporreala | aporreanos | not used | aporrealos, aporrealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aporree | dative | aporréeme | not used | aporréele, aporréese | aporréenos | not used | aporréeles |
| accusative | aporréeme | not used | aporréelo, aporréela, aporréese | aporréenos | not used | aporréelos, aporréelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative aporreemos | dative | not used | aporreémoste | aporreémosle | aporreémonos | aporreémoos | aporreémosles |
| accusative | not used | aporreémoste | aporreémoslo, aporreémosla | aporreémonos | aporreémoos | aporreémoslos, aporreémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aporread | dative | aporreadme | not used | aporreadle | aporreadnos | aporreaos | aporreadles |
| accusative | aporreadme | not used | aporreadlo, aporreadla | aporreadnos | aporreaos | aporreadlos, aporreadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aporreen | dative | aporréenme | not used | aporréenle | aporréennos | not used | aporréenles, aporréense |
| accusative | aporréenme | not used | aporréenlo, aporréenla | aporréennos | not used | aporréenlos, aporréenlas, aporréense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aporrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024