zapar

Portuguese

Etymology

Verb

zapar (first-person singular present zapo, first-person singular preterite zapei, past participle zapado)

alternative spelling of zapear

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapar (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	zapar
Personal	zapar	zapares	zapar	zaparmos	zapardes	zaparem
Gerund
	zapando
Past participle
Masculine	zapado			zapados
Feminine	zapada			zapadas
Indicative
Present	zapo	zapas	zapa	zapamos	zapais	zapam
Imperfect	zapava	zapavas	zapava	zapávamos	zapáveis	zapavam
Preterite	zapei	zapaste	zapou	zapamos¹, zapámos²	zapastes	zaparam
Pluperfect	zapara	zaparas	zapara	zapáramos	zapáreis	zaparam
Future	zaparei	zaparás	zapará	zaparemos	zapareis	zaparão
Conditional	zaparia	zaparias	zaparia	zaparíamos	zaparíeis	zapariam
Subjunctive
Present	zape	zapes	zape	zapemos	zapeis	zapem
Imperfect	zapasse	zapasses	zapasse	zapássemos	zapásseis	zapassem
Future	zapar	zapares	zapar	zaparmos	zapardes	zaparem
Imperative
Affirmative		zapa	zape	zapemos	zapai	zapem
Negative (não)		não zapes	não zape	não zapemos	não zapeis	não zapem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From zapa +‎ -ar. Compare Italian zappare, French saper, Romanian săpa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θaˈpaɾ/ [θaˈpaɾ] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /saˈpaɾ/ [saˈpaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: za‧par

Verb

zapar (first-person singular present zapo, first-person singular preterite zapé, past participle zapado)

to sap
to undermine
Synonym: socavar

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			zapar
gerund			zapando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zapado		zapada
		plural		zapados		zapadas
		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	zapo	zapas^{^tú} zapás^{^vos}	zapa	zapamos	zapáis	zapan
	imperfect	zapaba	zapabas	zapaba	zapábamos	zapabais	zapaban
	preterite	zapé	zapaste	zapó	zapamos	zapasteis	zaparon
	future	zaparé	zaparás	zapará	zaparemos	zaparéis	zaparán
	conditional	zaparía	zaparías	zaparía	zaparíamos	zaparíais	zaparían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zape	zapes^{^tú} zapés^{^vos²}	zape	zapemos	zapéis	zapen
	imperfect (ra)	zapara	zaparas	zapara	zapáramos	zaparais	zaparan
	imperfect (se)	zapase	zapases	zapase	zapásemos	zapaseis	zapasen
	future¹	zapare	zapares	zapare	zapáremos	zapareis	zaparen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zapa^{^tú} zapá^{^vos}	zape	zapemos	zapad	zapen
	negative		no zapes	no zape	no zapemos	no zapéis	no zapen

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

Selected combined forms of zapar

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 zapar	dative	zaparme	zaparte	zaparle, zaparse	zaparnos	zaparos	zaparles, zaparse
with infinitive zapar	accusative	zaparme	zaparte	zaparlo, zaparla, zaparse	zaparnos	zaparos	zaparlos, zaparlas, zaparse

with gerund zapando	dative	zapándome	zapándote	zapándole, zapándose	zapándonos	zapándoos	zapándoles, zapándose
with gerund zapando	accusative	zapándome	zapándote	zapándolo, zapándola, zapándose	zapándonos	zapándoos	zapándolos, zapándolas, zapándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative zapa	dative	zápame	zápate	zápale	zápanos	not used	zápales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zapa	accusative	zápame	zápate	zápalo, zápala	zápanos	not used	zápalos, zápalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative zapá	dative	zapame	zapate	zapale	zapanos	not used	zapales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zapá	accusative	zapame	zapate	zapalo, zapala	zapanos	not used	zapalos, zapalas

with formal second-person singular imperative zape	dative	zápeme	not used	zápele, zápese	zápenos	not used	zápeles
with formal second-person singular imperative zape	accusative	zápeme	not used	zápelo, zápela, zápese	zápenos	not used	zápelos, zápelas

with first-person plural imperative zapemos	dative	not used	zapémoste	zapémosle	zapémonos	zapémoos	zapémosles
with first-person plural imperative zapemos	accusative	not used	zapémoste	zapémoslo, zapémosla	zapémonos	zapémoos	zapémoslos, zapémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative zapad	dative	zapadme	not used	zapadle	zapadnos	zapaos	zapadles
with informal second-person plural imperative zapad	accusative	zapadme	not used	zapadlo, zapadla	zapadnos	zapaos	zapadlos, zapadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative zapen	dative	zápenme	not used	zápenle	zápennos	not used	zápenles, zápense
with formal second-person plural imperative zapen	accusative	zápenme	not used	zápenlo, zápenla	zápennos	not used	zápenlos, zápenlas, zápense

Derived terms

zapador

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