atrapar

Asturian

Verb

atrapar (first-person singular indicative present atrapo, past participle atrapáu)

1. to capture
2. to catch an illness

Conjugation

Conjugation of atrapar

infinitive		atrapar
gerund		atrapando
past participle		m atrapáu, f atrapada, n atrapao, m pl atrapaos, f pl atrapaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	atrapo	atrapes	atrapa	atrapamos	atrapáis	atrapen
	imperfect	atrapaba	atrapabes	atrapaba	atrapábemos, atrapábamos	atrapabeis, atrapabais	atrapaben
	preterite	atrapé	atrapasti, atrapesti	atrapó	atrapemos	atrapastis, atrapestis	atraparon
	pluperfect	atrapare, atrapara	atrapares, atraparas	atrapare, atrapara	atrapáremos, atrapáramos	atrapareis, atraparais	atraparen, atraparan
	future	atraparé	atraparás	atrapará	atraparemos	atraparéis	atraparán
	conditional	atraparía	atraparíes	atraparía	atraparíemos, atraparíamos	atraparíeis, atraparíais	atraparíen
subjunctive	present	atrape	atrapes, atrapas	atrape	atrapemos	atrapéis	atrapen, atrapan
	imperfect	atrapare, atrapara	atrapares, atraparas	atrapare, atrapara	atrapáremos, atrapáramos	atrapareis, atraparais	atraparen, atraparan
imperative		—	atrapa	—	—	atrapái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French attraper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.tɾəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.tɾaˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.tɾaˈpa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

atrapar (first-person singular present atrapo, first-person singular preterite atrapí, past participle atrapat)

1. to capture, to catch

   Synonym: enxampar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of atrapar (first conjugation)

infinitive			atrapar
gerund			atrapant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atrapat		atrapada
		plural		atrapats		atrapades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	atrapo	atrapes	atrapa	atrapem	atrapeu	atrapen
	imperfect	atrapava	atrapaves	atrapava	atrapàvem	atrapàveu	atrapaven
	future	atraparé	atraparàs	atraparà	atraparem	atrapareu	atraparan
	preterite	atrapí	atrapares	atrapà	atrapàrem	atrapàreu	atraparen
	conditional	atraparia	atraparies	atraparia	atraparíem	atraparíeu	atraparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	atrapi	atrapis	atrapi	atrapem	atrapeu	atrapin
	imperfect	atrapés	atrapessis	atrapés	atrapéssim	atrapéssiu	atrapessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	atrapa	atrapi	atrapem	atrapeu	atrapin
	negative (no)	—	no atrapis	no atrapi	no atrapem	no atrapeu	no atrapin

Derived terms

• atrapada
• atrapador
• atrapamosques

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “atrapar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “atrapar”, 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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Compare French attraper. Derivable from a- +‎ trapa (“trap, snare”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

atrapar (ORB, broad)

1. to catch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atrapar

		simple			compound
infinitive		atrapar			avêr atrapâ
gerund		atrapent			avêr atrapâ
auxiliary verb		avêr
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	atrapâ			atrapâye
	plural	atrapâs			atrapâyes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	atrapo	atrapes	atrape	atrapens	atrapâds	atrapont
	imperfect	atrapâvo	atrapâves	atrapâve	atrapâvans	atrapâvâds	atrapâvant
	preterite	atrapé	atrapés	atrapat	atrapens, atrapérens	atrapétes	atrapéront
	future	atraperé	atraperés	atraperat	atraperens	atraperéds	atraperont
	conditional	atraperê	atraperês	atraperêt	atraperans	atraperâds	atraperant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of avêr + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avêr + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of avêr + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of avêr + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avêr + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	atrapo	atrapes	atrape	atrapens	atrapâds	atrapont
	imperfect	atrapésso	atrapésses	atrapésse	atrapéssens	atrapésséds	atrapéssont
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avêr + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avêr + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			atrapa		atrapens	atrapâds

References

• attraper in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• atrapar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French attraper, ultimately from Germanic. More at English trap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atɾaˈpaɾ/ [a.t̪ɾaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tra‧par

Verb

atrapar (first-person singular present atrapo, first-person singular preterite atrapé, past participle atrapado)

1. to capture
2. to catch, to get

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atrapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			atrapar
gerund			atrapando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atrapado		atrapada
		plural		atrapados		atrapadas
		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	atrapo	atrapastú atrapásvos	atrapa	atrapamos	atrapáis	atrapan
	imperfect	atrapaba	atrapabas	atrapaba	atrapábamos	atrapabais	atrapaban
	preterite	atrapé	atrapaste	atrapó	atrapamos	atrapasteis	atraparon
	future	atraparé	atraparás	atrapará	atraparemos	atraparéis	atraparán
	conditional	atraparía	atraparías	atraparía	atraparíamos	atraparíais	atraparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	atrape	atrapestú atrapésvos2	atrape	atrapemos	atrapéis	atrapen
	imperfect (ra)	atrapara	atraparas	atrapara	atrapáramos	atraparais	atraparan
	imperfect (se)	atrapase	atrapases	atrapase	atrapásemos	atrapaseis	atrapasen
	future1	atrapare	atrapares	atrapare	atrapáremos	atrapareis	atraparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		atrapatú atrapávos	atrape	atrapemos	atrapad	atrapen
	negative		no atrapes	no atrape	no atrapemos	no atrapéis	no atrapen

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

    Selected combined forms of atrapar

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 atrapar	dative	atraparme	atraparte	atraparle, atraparse	atraparnos	atraparos	atraparles, atraparse
	accusative	atraparme	atraparte	atraparlo, atraparla, atraparse	atraparnos	atraparos	atraparlos, atraparlas, atraparse
with gerund atrapando	dative	atrapándome	atrapándote	atrapándole, atrapándose	atrapándonos	atrapándoos	atrapándoles, atrapándose
	accusative	atrapándome	atrapándote	atrapándolo, atrapándola, atrapándose	atrapándonos	atrapándoos	atrapándolos, atrapándolas, atrapándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative atrapa	dative	atrápame	atrápate	atrápale	atrápanos	not used	atrápales
	accusative	atrápame	atrápate	atrápalo, atrápala	atrápanos	not used	atrápalos, atrápalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative atrapá	dative	atrapame	atrapate	atrapale	atrapanos	not used	atrapales
	accusative	atrapame	atrapate	atrapalo, atrapala	atrapanos	not used	atrapalos, atrapalas
with formal second-person singular imperative atrape	dative	atrápeme	not used	atrápele, atrápese	atrápenos	not used	atrápeles
	accusative	atrápeme	not used	atrápelo, atrápela, atrápese	atrápenos	not used	atrápelos, atrápelas
with first-person plural imperative atrapemos	dative	not used	atrapémoste	atrapémosle	atrapémonos	atrapémoos	atrapémosles
	accusative	not used	atrapémoste	atrapémoslo, atrapémosla	atrapémonos	atrapémoos	atrapémoslos, atrapémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atrapad	dative	atrapadme	not used	atrapadle	atrapadnos	atrapaos	atrapadles
	accusative	atrapadme	not used	atrapadlo, atrapadla	atrapadnos	atrapaos	atrapadlos, atrapadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative atrapen	dative	atrápenme	not used	atrápenle	atrápennos	not used	atrápenles, atrápense
	accusative	atrápenme	not used	atrápenlo, atrápenla	atrápennos	not used	atrápenlos, atrápenlas, atrápense

Derived terms

• atrapado
• atrapamiento
• atrapamoscas
• atrapanovios
• atrapante
• atrapasueños

Further reading

• “atrapar”, 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