aparar

Galician

Etymology

From a- +‎ parar or possibly from Latin apparāre, present active infinitive of apparō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [apaˈɾaɾ]

Verb

aparar (first-person singular present aparo, first-person singular preterite aparei, past participle aparado)

1. to catch (a tossed or free falling object, for example)

   Synonyms: apañar, coller

   • 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

     Galán que estás no canizo
     bota castañas pra baixo
     que anque non teño mandil
     apárochas no refaixo.

     Gallant up there in the loft
     throw some chestnuts down,
     even if I have no apron
     I'll catch them with my petticoat

2. to prepare; to provide

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aparar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aparar
Personal	aparar	aparares	aparar	apararmos	aparardes	apararen
Gerund
	aparando
Past participle
Masculine	aparado			aparados
Feminine	aparada			aparadas
Indicative
Present	aparo	aparas	apara	aparamos	aparades	aparan
Imperfect	aparaba	aparabas	aparaba	aparabamos	aparabades	aparaban
Preterite	aparei	aparaches	aparou	aparamos	aparastes	apararon
Pluperfect	aparara	apararas	aparara	apararamos	apararades	apararan
Future	apararei	apararás	aparará	apararemos	apararedes	apararán
Conditional	apararía	apararías	apararía	aparariamos	aparariades	apararían
Subjunctive
Present	apare	apares	apare	aparemos	aparedes	aparen
Imperfect	aparase	aparases	aparase	aparásemos	aparásedes	aparasen
Future	aparar	aparares	aparar	apararmos	aparardes	apararen
Imperative
Affirmative		apara	apare	aparemos	aparade	aparen
Negative (non)		non apares	non apare	non aparemos	non aparedes	non aparen

    Reintegrated conjugation of aparar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aparar
Personal	aparar	aparares	aparar	apararmos	aparardes	apararem
Gerund
	aparando
Past participle
Masculine	aparado			aparados
Feminine	aparada			aparadas
Indicative
Present	aparo	aparas	apara	aparamos	aparades, aparais	aparam
Imperfect	aparava	aparavas	aparava	aparávamos	aparávades, aparáveis, aparávais1	aparavam
Preterite	aparei	aparaste, aparache1	aparou	aparamos	aparastes	aparárom, apararam
Pluperfect	aparara	apararas	aparara	aparáramos	aparárades, aparáreis, aparárais1	apararam
Future	apararei	apararás	aparará	apararemos	apararedes, aparareis	apararám, apararão
Conditional	apararia	apararias	apararia	apararíamos	apararíades, apararíeis, apararíais1	aparariam
Subjunctive
Present	apare	apares	apare	aparemos	aparedes, apareis	aparem
Imperfect	aparasse	aparasses	aparasse	aparássemos	aparássedes, aparásseis	aparassem
Future	aparar	aparares	aparar	apararmos	aparardes	apararem
Imperative
Affirmative		apara	apare	aparemos	aparade, aparai	aparem
Negative (nom)		nom apares	nom apare	nom aparemos	nom aparedes, nom apareis	nom aparem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aparar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aparar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aparar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aparar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “aparar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aparar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English appear, French apparaître, Italian apparire, Spanish aparecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈrar/

Verb

aparar (present aparas, past aparis, future aparos, conditional aparus, imperative aparez)

1. (intransitive) to appear; to become visible, be in sight, come to light

   Antonym: desaparar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aparar

		present		past		future
infinitive		aparar		aparir		aparor
tense		aparas		aparis		aparos
conditional		aparus
imperative		aparez
adjective active participle		aparanta		aparinta		aparonta
adverbial active participle		aparante		aparinte		aparonte
nominal active participle	singular	aparanto		aparinto		aparonto
	plural	aparanti		aparinti		aparonti

Derived terms

• aparajo (“appearance”)
• aparanta (“apparent, plain, obvious, ostensible, specious”)
• apareskar (“to become visible”)
• aparigar (“to cause to appear to; apparition; to put in an appearance”)
• aparo (“appearance”)
• desaparar (“to disappear, vanish”)
• riaparanta (“recurrent”)
• riaparar (“to reappear”)

 

Ladino

Verb

aparar (Latin spelling)

1. to display the bride's trousseau

Related terms

• ashugar

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan amparar, probably from a Vulgar Latin *anteparō, *anteparāre, from Latin ante- + parō. Compare Catalan emparar (Old Catalan Old Catalan amparar), Spanish and Portuguese amparar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

aparar

1. to protect

   Synonym: protegir

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aparar			aver aparat
gerund		aparant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		aparat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	apari	aparas	apara	aparam	aparatz	aparan
	imperfect	aparavi	aparavas	aparava	aparàvem	aparàvetz	aparavan
	preterite	aparèri	aparères	aparèt	aparèrem	aparèretz	aparèron
	future	apararai	apararàs	apararà	apararem	apararetz	apararàn
	conditional	aparariái	aparariás	aparariá	aparariam	aparariatz	apararián
	conditional 2nd form1	aparèra	aparèras	aparèra	apareram	apareratz	aparèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	apare	apares	apare	aparem	aparetz	aparen
	imperfect	aparèssi	aparèsses	aparèsse	aparèssem	aparèssetz	aparèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			apara		aparem	aparatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		aparar			aver aparat
gerund		aparant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		aparat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	apare	apares	apara	aparam	aparatz	aparon
	imperfect	aparave	aparaves	aparava	aparaviam	aparaviatz	aparavon
	preterite	aparere	apareres	aparet	aparem	aparetz	apareron
	future	apararai	apararàs	aparará	apararem	apararetz	apararán
	conditional	aparariá	aparariás	aparariá	aparariam	aparariatz	apararián
	conditional 2nd form1	aparèra	aparèras	aparèra	apareram	apareratz	aparèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	apare	apares	apare	aparassiam	aparassiatz	aparon
	imperfect	aparesse	aparesses	aparesse	aparessiam	aparessiatz	aparesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			apara		aparassiam	aparatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		aparar			aver aparat
gerund		aparant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		aparat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	apari	aparas	apara	aparam	aparatz	aparan
	imperfect	aparavi	aparavas	aparava	aparàvam	aparàvatz	aparavan
	preterite	aparèi	aparès	aparè	aparèm	aparètz	aparèn
	future	apararèi	apararàs	apararà	apararam	apararatz	apararàn
	conditional	apararí	apararés	apararé	apararem	apararetz	apararén
	conditional 2nd form1	aparèra	aparèras	aparèra	apareram	apareratz	aparèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	apari	apares	apare	aparem	aparetz	aparen
	imperfect	aparèssi	aparèsses	aparèsse	aparèssem	aparèssetz	aparèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			apara		aparem	aparatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		aparar			aver aparat
gerund		aparant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		aparat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	apare	aparas	apara	aparam	aparatz	aparan
	imperfect	aparava	aparavas	aparava	aparàvam	aparàvatz	aparavan
	preterite	aparei	apareras	aparet	aparèram	aparèratz	apareran
	future	apararai	apararàs	aparará	apararem	apararetz	apararán
	conditional	aparariá	aparariàs	aparariá	aparariam	aparariatz	apararián
	conditional 2nd form1	aparèra	aparèras	aparèra	apareram	apareratz	aparèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	apare	apares	apare	aparem	aparetz	aparen
	imperfect	aparèsse	aparèsses	aparèsse	aparèssem	aparèssetz	aparèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			apara		aparem	aparatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		aparar			aver aparat
gerund		aparant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		aparat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	apare	apares	apara	aparam	aparatz	aparan
	imperfect	aparavi	aparavas	aparava	aparàvem	aparàvetz	aparavan
	preterite	aparère	aparères	aparèt	apareriam	apareriatz	aparèron
	future	apararai	apararàs	apararà	apararem	apararetz	apararàn
	conditional	aparariáu	aparariás	aparariá	aparariam	aparariatz	apararián
	conditional 2nd form1	aparèra	aparèras	aparèra	apareram	apareratz	aparèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	apare	apares	apare	aparem	aparetz	aparan
	imperfect	aparèsse	aparèsses	aparèsse	aparessiam	aparessiatz	aparèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			apara		aparem	aparatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ parar, or possibly from Latin apparāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.paˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.paˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.paˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.paˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.paˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɐˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧pa‧rar

Verb

aparar (first-person singular present aparo, first-person singular preterite aparei, past participle aparado)

1. (transitive) to trim (to reduce slightly)

   Synonyms: cortar, podar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aparar (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	aparar
Personal	aparar	aparares	aparar	apararmos	aparardes	apararem
Gerund
	aparando
Past participle
Masculine	aparado			aparados
Feminine	aparada			aparadas
Indicative
Present	aparo	aparas	apara	aparamos	aparais	aparam
Imperfect	aparava	aparavas	aparava	aparávamos	aparáveis	aparavam
Preterite	aparei	aparaste	aparou	aparamos1, aparámos2	aparastes	apararam
Pluperfect	aparara	apararas	aparara	aparáramos	aparáreis	apararam
Future	apararei	apararás	aparará	apararemos	aparareis	apararão
Conditional	apararia	apararias	apararia	apararíamos	apararíeis	aparariam
Subjunctive
Present	apare	apares	apare	aparemos	apareis	aparem
Imperfect	aparasse	aparasses	aparasse	aparássemos	aparásseis	aparassem
Future	aparar	aparares	aparar	apararmos	aparardes	apararem
Imperative
Affirmative		apara	apare	aparemos	aparai	aparem
Negative (não)		não apares	não apare	não aparemos	não apareis	não aparem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apparāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɾaɾ/ [a.paˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rar

Verb

aparar (first-person singular present aparo, first-person singular preterite aparé, past participle aparado)

1. to arrange, prepare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aparar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aparar
gerund			aparando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aparado		aparada
		plural		aparados		aparadas
		singular			plural
		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	aparo	aparastú aparásvos	apara	aparamos	aparáis	aparan
	imperfect	aparaba	aparabas	aparaba	aparábamos	aparabais	aparaban
	preterite	aparé	aparaste	aparó	aparamos	aparasteis	apararon
	future	apararé	apararás	aparará	apararemos	apararéis	apararán
	conditional	apararía	apararías	apararía	apararíamos	apararíais	apararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apare	aparestú aparésvos2	apare	aparemos	aparéis	aparen
	imperfect (ra)	aparara	apararas	aparara	aparáramos	apararais	apararan
	imperfect (se)	aparase	aparases	aparase	aparásemos	aparaseis	aparasen
	future1	aparare	aparares	aparare	aparáremos	aparareis	apararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aparatú aparávos	apare	aparemos	aparad	aparen
	negative		no apares	no apare	no aparemos	no aparéis	no aparen

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

    Selected combined forms of aparar

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 aparar	dative	apararme	apararte	apararle, apararse	apararnos	apararos	apararles, apararse
	accusative	apararme	apararte	apararlo, apararla, apararse	apararnos	apararos	apararlos, apararlas, apararse
with gerund aparando	dative	aparándome	aparándote	aparándole, aparándose	aparándonos	aparándoos	aparándoles, aparándose
	accusative	aparándome	aparándote	aparándolo, aparándola, aparándose	aparándonos	aparándoos	aparándolos, aparándolas, aparándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative apara	dative	apárame	apárate	apárale	apáranos	not used	apárales
	accusative	apárame	apárate	apáralo, apárala	apáranos	not used	apáralos, apáralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apará	dative	aparame	aparate	aparale	aparanos	not used	aparales
	accusative	aparame	aparate	aparalo, aparala	aparanos	not used	aparalos, aparalas
with formal second-person singular imperative apare	dative	apáreme	not used	apárele, apárese	apárenos	not used	apáreles
	accusative	apáreme	not used	apárelo, apárela, apárese	apárenos	not used	apárelos, apárelas
with first-person plural imperative aparemos	dative	not used	aparémoste	aparémosle	aparémonos	aparémoos	aparémosles
	accusative	not used	aparémoste	aparémoslo, aparémosla	aparémonos	aparémoos	aparémoslos, aparémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aparad	dative	aparadme	not used	aparadle	aparadnos	aparaos	aparadles
	accusative	aparadme	not used	aparadlo, aparadla	aparadnos	aparaos	aparadlos, aparadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aparen	dative	apárenme	not used	apárenle	apárennos	not used	apárenles, apárense
	accusative	apárenme	not used	apárenlo, apárenla	apárennos	not used	apárenlos, apárenlas, apárense

Related terms

• aparato
• aparejar
• parar
• preparar

 

Further reading

• “aparar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10