grapar

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ɡɾəˈpa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈpaɾ/
• Homophone: grapà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

grapar (first-person singular present grapo, past participle grapat)

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   Synonyms: arpejar, arpellejar, escatar, esgarrapar, fregar, gratar, raspar, rautar

Conjugation

Conjugation of grapar (first conjugation)

infinitive			grapar
present participle			grapant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		grapat		grapada
		plural		grapats		grapades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	grapo	grapes	grapa	grapem	grapeu	grapen
	imperfect	grapava	grapaves	grapava	grapàvem	grapàveu	grapaven
	future	graparé	graparàs	graparà	graparem	grapareu	graparan
	preterite	grapí	grapares	grapà	grapàrem	grapàreu	graparen
	conditional	graparia	graparies	graparia	graparíem	graparíeu	graparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	grapi	grapis	grapi	grapem	grapeu	grapin
	imperfect	grapés	grapessis	grapés	grapéssim	grapéssiu	grapessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	grapa	grapi	grapem	grapeu	grapin

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Spanish

Etymology

grapa (“staple”) +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈpaɾ/, [ɡɾaˈpaɾ]

Verb

grapar (first-person singular present grapo, first-person singular preterite grapé, past participle grapado)

1. to staple

   Synonym: engrapar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of grapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			grapar
gerund			grapando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		grapado		grapada
		plural		grapados		grapadas
		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	grapo	grapastú grapásvos	grapa	grapamos	grapáis	grapan
	imperfect	grapaba	grapabas	grapaba	grapábamos	grapabais	grapaban
	preterite	grapé	grapaste	grapó	grapamos	grapasteis	graparon
	future	graparé	graparás	grapará	graparemos	graparéis	graparán
	conditional	graparía	graparías	graparía	graparíamos	graparíais	graparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	grape	grapestú grapésvos2	grape	grapemos	grapéis	grapen
	imperfect (ra)	grapara	graparas	grapara	grapáramos	graparais	graparan
	imperfect (se)	grapase	grapases	grapase	grapásemos	grapaseis	grapasen
	future1	grapare	grapares	grapare	grapáremos	grapareis	graparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		grapatú grapávos	grape	grapemos	grapad	grapen
	negative		no grapes	no grape	no grapemos	no grapéis	no grapen

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

Related terms

• grapa

Further reading

• “grapar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.