chapar

Onomatopoeic. From *klapp-, either cognate with or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *klappōjaną (“to clap; palpitate; sound”): English clap, Dutch klappen.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpaɾ/

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapei, past participle chapado)

1. (intransitive) to splash with the oars
2. (colloquial, transitive) to eat noisily
3. (colloquial, transitive) to catch in the air
4. (colloquial, mildly derogatory, transitive, intransitive) to swot; to cram or memorize for an exam

   Escusen chapar para o exame se aínda nen entenden os conceptos máis básicos.

   You should avoid cramming for the exam if you don't even understand the most basic concepts yet.

• chapada

• chapear
• chapexar
• chapiñar
• chapón
• chapuzar

From chapa (“plate”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpaɾ/

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapei, past participle chapado)

1. (transitive) to reinforce with metal plates; to plate
2. (transitive) to nail

• chapear
• chaprar

• chapa
• chapra

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chapar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “chapar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chapar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “chapar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chapar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From chapa (“plate”) +‎ -ar.^[1][2][3][4] Compare Spanish chapar.

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapei, past participle chapado)

1. to cover with metal plates
2. (Brazil, slang, transitive) to stone (to intoxicate, especially with narcotics)

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpaɾ/ [t͡ʃaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cha‧par

From chapa +‎ -ar.

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapé, past participle chapado)

1. (transitive) to veneer
2. (transitive) to plate (as with metal)
3. (transitive) to say a hard truth
4. (transitive, Peru) to grab something quickly
5. (intransitive, colloquial) to swot (study hard)
6. (colloquial, Argentina, Peru) to kiss, smooch

Derived from Italian acchiappare or Ligurian ciapâ.

chapar (first-person singular present chapo, first-person singular preterite chapé, past participle chapado)

1. (Rioplatense) to catch a criminal

• “chapar”, 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
• “chapar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010