campar

Catalan

Etymology

From camp +‎ -ar, compare Italian campare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəmˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kamˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kamˈpa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

campar (first-person singular present campo, first-person singular preterite campí, past participle campat)

1. (ambitransitive) to save

   Synonym: salvar

   campi qui pugui ― every man for himself

2. (intransitive) to get by

   Synonym: subsistir

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of campar (first conjugation)

infinitive			campar
gerund			campant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		campat		campada
		plural		campats		campades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	campo	campes	campa	campem	campeu	campen
	imperfect	campava	campaves	campava	campàvem	campàveu	campaven
	future	camparé	camparàs	camparà	camparem	campareu	camparan
	preterite	campí	campares	campà	campàrem	campàreu	camparen
	conditional	camparia	camparies	camparia	camparíem	camparíeu	camparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	campi	campis	campi	campem	campeu	campin
	imperfect	campés	campessis	campés	campéssim	campéssiu	campessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	campa	campi	campem	campeu	campin
	negative (no)	—	no campis	no campi	no campem	no campeu	no campin

Derived terms

• campi qui pugui

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “campar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “campar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “campar”, 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

Borrowed from French camper. Derivable from camp (noun) +‎ -ar.

Verb

campar (ORB, broad)

1. to camp

Conjugation

    Conjugation of campar

		simple			compound
infinitive		campar			haveir campá
gerund		campánt			hayent campá
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	campá			campáe
	plural	campás			campáes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	campo	campes	campet	campems	campads	campont
	imperfect	campavo	campaves	campavet	campavams	campavads	campavant
	preterite	campei	campés	campét	campémos	campêtes	campéront
	future	camperai	camperés	camperat	camperems	campereds	camperánt
	conditional	camperim	camperies	camperiet	camperiams	camperiads	camperiant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	campo	campes	campet	campams	campads	campant
	imperfect	campesso	campesses	campesset	campessams	campessads	campessant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			campa		campams	campads

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: cam‧pàr

Verb

campar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of campare

Middle English

Noun

campar

1. alternative form of camper

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃ˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃ˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpa(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃ˈpa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈpa.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cam‧par

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der.

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s

Proto-Italic *kampos

Latin campus

Old Galician-Portuguese campo

Portuguese campo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese campar

From campo + -ar.

Verb

campar (first-person singular present campo, first-person singular preterite campei, past participle campado)

1. rare form of acampar

Etymology 2

From English camp + Portuguese -ar.

Verb

campar (first-person singular present campo, first-person singular preterite campei, past participle campado)

1. alternative form of camperar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of campar (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	campar
Personal	campar	campares	campar	camparmos	campardes	camparem
Gerund
	campando
Past participle
Masculine	campado			campados
Feminine	campada			campadas
Indicative
Present	campo	campas	campa	campamos	campais	campam
Imperfect	campava	campavas	campava	campávamos	campáveis	campavam
Preterite	campei	campaste	campou	campamos1, campámos2	campastes	camparam
Pluperfect	campara	camparas	campara	campáramos	campáreis	camparam
Future	camparei	camparás	campará	camparemos	campareis	camparão
Conditional	camparia	camparias	camparia	camparíamos	camparíeis	campariam
Subjunctive
Present	campe	campes	campe	campemos	campeis	campem
Imperfect	campasse	campasses	campasse	campássemos	campásseis	campassem
Future	campar	campares	campar	camparmos	campardes	camparem
Imperative
Affirmative		campa	campe	campemos	campai	campem
Negative (não)		não campes	não campe	não campemos	não campeis	não campem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “campar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “campar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From campo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kamˈpaɾ/ [kãmˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cam‧par

Verb

campar (first-person singular present campo, first-person singular preterite campé, past participle campado)

1. to stand out
2. (obsolete, intransitive) to camp

   Synonym: acampar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of campar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			campar
gerund			campando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		campado		campada
		plural		campados		campadas
		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	campo	campastú campásvos	campa	campamos	campáis	campan
	imperfect	campaba	campabas	campaba	campábamos	campabais	campaban
	preterite	campé	campaste	campó	campamos	campasteis	camparon
	future	camparé	camparás	campará	camparemos	camparéis	camparán
	conditional	camparía	camparías	camparía	camparíamos	camparíais	camparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	campe	campestú campésvos2	campe	campemos	campéis	campen
	imperfect (ra)	campara	camparas	campara	campáramos	camparais	camparan
	imperfect (se)	campase	campases	campase	campásemos	campaseis	campasen
	future1	campare	campares	campare	campáremos	campareis	camparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		campatú campávos	campe	campemos	campad	campen
	negative		no campes	no campe	no campemos	no campéis	no campen

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

    Selected combined forms of campar

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 campar	dative	camparme	camparte	camparle, camparse	camparnos	camparos	camparles, camparse
	accusative	camparme	camparte	camparlo, camparla, camparse	camparnos	camparos	camparlos, camparlas, camparse
with gerund campando	dative	campándome	campándote	campándole, campándose	campándonos	campándoos	campándoles, campándose
	accusative	campándome	campándote	campándolo, campándola, campándose	campándonos	campándoos	campándolos, campándolas, campándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative campa	dative	cámpame	cámpate	cámpale	cámpanos	not used	cámpales
	accusative	cámpame	cámpate	cámpalo, cámpala	cámpanos	not used	cámpalos, cámpalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative campá	dative	campame	campate	campale	campanos	not used	campales
	accusative	campame	campate	campalo, campala	campanos	not used	campalos, campalas
with formal second-person singular imperative campe	dative	cámpeme	not used	cámpele, cámpese	cámpenos	not used	cámpeles
	accusative	cámpeme	not used	cámpelo, cámpela, cámpese	cámpenos	not used	cámpelos, cámpelas
with first-person plural imperative campemos	dative	not used	campémoste	campémosle	campémonos	campémoos	campémosles
	accusative	not used	campémoste	campémoslo, campémosla	campémonos	campémoos	campémoslos, campémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative campad	dative	campadme	not used	campadle	campadnos	campaos	campadles
	accusative	campadme	not used	campadlo, campadla	campadnos	campaos	campadlos, campadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative campen	dative	cámpenme	not used	cámpenle	cámpennos	not used	cámpenles, cámpense
	accusative	cámpenme	not used	cámpenlo, cámpenla	cámpennos	not used	cámpenlos, cámpenlas, cámpense

Derived terms

• campamento
• campar a sus anchas

Further reading

• “campar”, 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

Swedish

Verb

campar

1. present indicative of campa