zampar

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θamˈpaɾ/ [θãmˈpaɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /samˈpaɾ/ [sãmˈpaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: zam‧par

Verb

zampar (first-person singular present zampo, first-person singular preterite zampé, past participle zampado)

(transitive, colloquial, also reflexive) to scarf; to wolf down (to eat or drink rapidly)
(transitive, colloquial) to tuck or hide away

Usage notes

Normally used with a reflexive dative of interest: zamparse algo, to gobble something up.

Conjugation

Conjugation of zampar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			zampar
gerund			zampando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zampado		zampada
		plural		zampados		zampadas
		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	zampo	zampas^{^tú} zampás^{^vos}	zampa	zampamos	zampáis	zampan
	imperfect	zampaba	zampabas	zampaba	zampábamos	zampabais	zampaban
	preterite	zampé	zampaste	zampó	zampamos	zampasteis	zamparon
	future	zamparé	zamparás	zampará	zamparemos	zamparéis	zamparán
	conditional	zamparía	zamparías	zamparía	zamparíamos	zamparíais	zamparían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zampe	zampes^{^tú} zampés^{^vos²}	zampe	zampemos	zampéis	zampen
	imperfect (ra)	zampara	zamparas	zampara	zampáramos	zamparais	zamparan
	imperfect (se)	zampase	zampases	zampase	zampásemos	zampaseis	zampasen
	future¹	zampare	zampares	zampare	zampáremos	zampareis	zamparen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zampa^{^tú} zampá^{^vos}	zampe	zampemos	zampad	zampen
	negative		no zampes	no zampe	no zampemos	no zampéis	no zampen

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

Selected combined forms of zampar

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 zampar	dative	zamparme	zamparte	zamparle, zamparse	zamparnos	zamparos	zamparles, zamparse
with infinitive zampar	accusative	zamparme	zamparte	zamparlo, zamparla, zamparse	zamparnos	zamparos	zamparlos, zamparlas, zamparse

with gerund zampando	dative	zampándome	zampándote	zampándole, zampándose	zampándonos	zampándoos	zampándoles, zampándose
with gerund zampando	accusative	zampándome	zampándote	zampándolo, zampándola, zampándose	zampándonos	zampándoos	zampándolos, zampándolas, zampándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative zampa	dative	zámpame	zámpate	zámpale	zámpanos	not used	zámpales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zampa	accusative	zámpame	zámpate	zámpalo, zámpala	zámpanos	not used	zámpalos, zámpalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative zampá	dative	zampame	zampate	zampale	zampanos	not used	zampales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zampá	accusative	zampame	zampate	zampalo, zampala	zampanos	not used	zampalos, zampalas

with formal second-person singular imperative zampe	dative	zámpeme	not used	zámpele, zámpese	zámpenos	not used	zámpeles
with formal second-person singular imperative zampe	accusative	zámpeme	not used	zámpelo, zámpela, zámpese	zámpenos	not used	zámpelos, zámpelas

with first-person plural imperative zampemos	dative	not used	zampémoste	zampémosle	zampémonos	zampémoos	zampémosles
with first-person plural imperative zampemos	accusative	not used	zampémoste	zampémoslo, zampémosla	zampémonos	zampémoos	zampémoslos, zampémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative zampad	dative	zampadme	not used	zampadle	zampadnos	zampaos	zampadles
with informal second-person plural imperative zampad	accusative	zampadme	not used	zampadlo, zampadla	zampadnos	zampaos	zampadlos, zampadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative zampen	dative	zámpenme	not used	zámpenle	zámpennos	not used	zámpenles, zámpense
with formal second-person plural imperative zampen	accusative	zámpenme	not used	zámpenlo, zámpenla	zámpennos	not used	zámpenlos, zámpenlas, zámpense