crepitar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crepitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kɾə.piˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kɾe.piˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kɾe.piˈta]

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Verb

crepitar (first-person singular present crepito, first-person singular preterite crepití, past participle crepitat)

1. (intransitive) to crackle, to rattle, to rale

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of crepitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			crepitar
gerund			crepitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		crepitat		crepitada
		plural		crepitats		crepitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	crepito	crepites	crepita	crepitem	crepiteu	crepiten
	imperfect	crepitava	crepitaves	crepitava	crepitàvem	crepitàveu	crepitaven
	future	crepitaré	crepitaràs	crepitarà	crepitarem	crepitareu	crepitaran
	preterite	crepití	crepitares	crepità	crepitàrem	crepitàreu	crepitaren
	conditional	crepitaria	crepitaries	crepitaria	crepitaríem	crepitaríeu	crepitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	crepiti	crepitis	crepiti	crepitem	crepiteu	crepitin
	imperfect	crepités	crepitessis	crepités	crepitéssim	crepitéssiu	crepitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	crepita	crepiti	crepitem	crepiteu	crepitin
	negative (no)	—	no crepitis	no crepiti	no crepitem	no crepiteu	no crepitin

Derived terms

• crepitant

Related terms

• crepitació

Further reading

• “crepitar”, 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [kɾe.piˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɨ.piˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɨ.piˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɨ.piˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cre‧pi‧tar

Verb

crepitar (first-person singular present crepito, first-person singular preterite crepitei, past participle crepitado)

1. to crepitate; to crackle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of crepitar (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	crepitar
Personal	crepitar	crepitares	crepitar	crepitarmos	crepitardes	crepitarem
Gerund
	crepitando
Past participle
Masculine	crepitado			crepitados
Feminine	crepitada			crepitadas
Indicative
Present	crepito	crepitas	crepita	crepitamos	crepitais	crepitam
Imperfect	crepitava	crepitavas	crepitava	crepitávamos	crepitáveis	crepitavam
Preterite	crepitei	crepitaste	crepitou	crepitamos1, crepitámos2	crepitastes	crepitaram
Pluperfect	crepitara	crepitaras	crepitara	crepitáramos	crepitáreis	crepitaram
Future	crepitarei	crepitarás	crepitará	crepitaremos	crepitareis	crepitarão
Conditional	crepitaria	crepitarias	crepitaria	crepitaríamos	crepitaríeis	crepitariam
Subjunctive
Present	crepite	crepites	crepite	crepitemos	crepiteis	crepitem
Imperfect	crepitasse	crepitasses	crepitasse	crepitássemos	crepitásseis	crepitassem
Future	crepitar	crepitares	crepitar	crepitarmos	crepitardes	crepitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		crepita	crepite	crepitemos	crepitai	crepitem
Negative (não)		não crepites	não crepite	não crepitemos	não crepiteis	não crepitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crepitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾepiˈtaɾ/ [kɾe.piˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cre‧pi‧tar

Verb

crepitar (first-person singular present crepito, first-person singular preterite crepité, past participle crepitado)

1. (intransitive) to crackle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of crepitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			crepitar
gerund			crepitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		crepitado		crepitada
		plural		crepitados		crepitadas
		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	crepito	crepitastú crepitásvos	crepita	crepitamos	crepitáis	crepitan
	imperfect	crepitaba	crepitabas	crepitaba	crepitábamos	crepitabais	crepitaban
	preterite	crepité	crepitaste	crepitó	crepitamos	crepitasteis	crepitaron
	future	crepitaré	crepitarás	crepitará	crepitaremos	crepitaréis	crepitarán
	conditional	crepitaría	crepitarías	crepitaría	crepitaríamos	crepitaríais	crepitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	crepite	crepitestú crepitésvos2	crepite	crepitemos	crepitéis	crepiten
	imperfect (ra)	crepitara	crepitaras	crepitara	crepitáramos	crepitarais	crepitaran
	imperfect (se)	crepitase	crepitases	crepitase	crepitásemos	crepitaseis	crepitasen
	future1	crepitare	crepitares	crepitare	crepitáremos	crepitareis	crepitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		crepitatú crepitávos	crepite	crepitemos	crepitad	crepiten
	negative		no crepites	no crepite	no crepitemos	no crepitéis	no crepiten

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

Related terms

• grieta

Further reading

• “crepitar”, 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