trepar

Back-formation from trepant.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾeˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepí, past participle trepat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to drill, bore

• trepa
• trepadella
• trepant
• trepollar

• “trepar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• tripar

Attested since 1810. From a Germanic language; compare English trip.

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈpaɾ/

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepei, past participle trepado)

1. to trample, to tread

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trepar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trepar”, 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), “trepar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “trepar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trepar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From the onomatopoeia trep or trip; or borrowed from Germanic, in which case the source would likely be *trappōn (“to trample”), related to French attraper (“to catch, trap”) .^[1]

• Hyphenation: tre‧par

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepei, past participle trepado)

1. to climb
2. to mount
3. to tread on
4. (slang, vulgar, Brazil) to fuck

• Macanese: trepâ

• “trepar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “trepar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “trepar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Onomatopoeic in origin.

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈpaɾ/ [t̪ɾeˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tre‧par

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepé, past participle trepado)

1. to clamber, to scramble, to scramble up, to shimmy up (using both hands and feet)
2. to climb over (when meaning climb "over", it's usually over something vertical like a wall)
3. to climb, to climb up, to scale

   Synonyms: escalar, subir

4. to creep, to climb (e.g. a plant or tree)
5. (figuratively) to climb (the social ladder)

• “trepar”, 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

• reptar