aporrear

Portuguese

Etymology

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Portuguese a-

Portuguese porra

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese aporrear

From a- + porra + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.po.heˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.po.heˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ɾ)/ [a.po.heˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.po.χeˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.po.ʁeˈa(ɻ)/ [a.po.heˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.puˈʁjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.puˈʁjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.puˈʁja.ɾi/

Verb

aporrear (first-person singular present aporreio, first-person singular preterite aporreei, past participle aporreado)

1. (colloquial) to beat someone up, especially with a blunt weapon; to bludgeon

   Synonyms: espancar, desancar, aporretar, sovar

2. (colloquial) to annoy or bother

   Synonyms: importunar, aporrinhar, atazanar

3. (South Brazil) to tame or curb a horse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aporrear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	aporrear
Personal	aporrear	aporreares	aporrear	aporrearmos	aporreardes	aporrearem
Gerund
	aporreando
Past participle
Masculine	aporreado			aporreados
Feminine	aporreada			aporreadas
Indicative
Present	aporreio	aporreias	aporreia	aporreamos	aporreais	aporreiam
Imperfect	aporreava	aporreavas	aporreava	aporreávamos	aporreáveis	aporreavam
Preterite	aporreei	aporreaste	aporreou	aporreamos1, aporreámos2	aporreastes	aporrearam
Pluperfect	aporreara	aporrearas	aporreara	aporreáramos	aporreáreis	aporrearam
Future	aporrearei	aporrearás	aporreará	aporrearemos	aporreareis	aporrearão
Conditional	aporrearia	aporrearias	aporrearia	aporrearíamos	aporrearíeis	aporreariam
Subjunctive
Present	aporreie	aporreies	aporreie	aporreemos	aporreeis	aporreiem
Imperfect	aporreasse	aporreasses	aporreasse	aporreássemos	aporreásseis	aporreassem
Future	aporrear	aporreares	aporrear	aporrearmos	aporreardes	aporrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		aporreia	aporreie	aporreemos	aporreai	aporreiem
Negative (não)		não aporreies	não aporreie	não aporreemos	não aporreeis	não aporreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “aporrear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aporrear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “aporrear”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “aporrear”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “aporrear”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aporrear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aporrear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Latin porrumder.

Spanish porra

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish aporrear

From a- + porra + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aporeˈaɾ/ [a.po.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧po‧rre‧ar

Verb

aporrear (first-person singular present aporreo, first-person singular preterite aporreé, past participle aporreado)

1. to club, bludgeon (to hit with a club/baton/truncheon/night stick)
2. to hammer, rap (knock loudly)
3. to pound, beat

   aporrear el piano ― to pound the piano

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aporrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aporrear
gerund			aporreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aporreado		aporreada
		plural		aporreados		aporreadas
		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	aporreo	aporreastú aporreásvos	aporrea	aporreamos	aporreáis	aporrean
	imperfect	aporreaba	aporreabas	aporreaba	aporreábamos	aporreabais	aporreaban
	preterite	aporreé	aporreaste	aporreó	aporreamos	aporreasteis	aporrearon
	future	aporrearé	aporrearás	aporreará	aporrearemos	aporrearéis	aporrearán
	conditional	aporrearía	aporrearías	aporrearía	aporrearíamos	aporrearíais	aporrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aporree	aporreestú aporreésvos2	aporree	aporreemos	aporreéis	aporreen
	imperfect (ra)	aporreara	aporrearas	aporreara	aporreáramos	aporrearais	aporrearan
	imperfect (se)	aporrease	aporreases	aporrease	aporreásemos	aporreaseis	aporreasen
	future1	aporreare	aporreares	aporreare	aporreáremos	aporreareis	aporrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aporreatú aporreávos	aporree	aporreemos	aporread	aporreen
	negative		no aporrees	no aporree	no aporreemos	no aporreéis	no aporreen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of aporrear

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 aporrear	dative	aporrearme	aporrearte	aporrearle, aporrearse	aporrearnos	aporrearos	aporrearles, aporrearse
	accusative	aporrearme	aporrearte	aporrearlo, aporrearla, aporrearse	aporrearnos	aporrearos	aporrearlos, aporrearlas, aporrearse
with gerund aporreando	dative	aporreándome	aporreándote	aporreándole, aporreándose	aporreándonos	aporreándoos	aporreándoles, aporreándose
	accusative	aporreándome	aporreándote	aporreándolo, aporreándola, aporreándose	aporreándonos	aporreándoos	aporreándolos, aporreándolas, aporreándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aporrea	dative	aporréame	aporréate	aporréale	aporréanos	not used	aporréales
	accusative	aporréame	aporréate	aporréalo, aporréala	aporréanos	not used	aporréalos, aporréalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative aporreá	dative	aporreame	aporreate	aporreale	aporreanos	not used	aporreales
	accusative	aporreame	aporreate	aporrealo, aporreala	aporreanos	not used	aporrealos, aporrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative aporree	dative	aporréeme	not used	aporréele, aporréese	aporréenos	not used	aporréeles
	accusative	aporréeme	not used	aporréelo, aporréela, aporréese	aporréenos	not used	aporréelos, aporréelas
with first-person plural imperative aporreemos	dative	not used	aporreémoste	aporreémosle	aporreémonos	aporreémoos	aporreémosles
	accusative	not used	aporreémoste	aporreémoslo, aporreémosla	aporreémonos	aporreémoos	aporreémoslos, aporreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aporread	dative	aporreadme	not used	aporreadle	aporreadnos	aporreaos	aporreadles
	accusative	aporreadme	not used	aporreadlo, aporreadla	aporreadnos	aporreaos	aporreadlos, aporreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aporreen	dative	aporréenme	not used	aporréenle	aporréennos	not used	aporréenles, aporréense
	accusative	aporréenme	not used	aporréenlo, aporréenla	aporréennos	not used	aporréenlos, aporréenlas, aporréense

Derived terms

• aporreador

Further reading

• “aporrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025