tripular

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin interpolāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [tɾi.puˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾi.puˈlaɾ]

Verb

tripular (first-person singular present tripulo, first-person singular preterite tripulí, past participle tripulat)

1. (transitive) to man (to supply with staff or crew)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of tripular (first conjugation)

infinitive			tripular
gerund			tripulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tripulat		tripulada
		plural		tripulats		tripulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tripulo	tripules	tripula	tripulem	tripuleu	tripulen
	imperfect	tripulava	tripulaves	tripulava	tripulàvem	tripulàveu	tripulaven
	future	tripularé	tripularàs	tripularà	tripularem	tripulareu	tripularan
	preterite	tripulí	tripulares	tripulà	tripulàrem	tripulàreu	tripularen
	conditional	tripularia	tripularies	tripularia	tripularíem	tripularíeu	tripularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tripuli	tripulis	tripuli	tripulem	tripuleu	tripulin
	imperfect	tripulés	tripulessis	tripulés	tripuléssim	tripuléssiu	tripulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tripula	tripuli	tripulem	tripuleu	tripulin
	negative (no)	—	no tripulis	no tripuli	no tripulem	no tripuleu	no tripulin

Derived terms

• tripulació
• tripulant

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin interpolāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾi.puˈla(ʁ)/ [tɾi.puˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.puˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.puˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.puˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tri‧pu‧lar

Verb

tripular (first-person singular present tripulo, first-person singular preterite tripulei, past participle tripulado)

1. to man (to supply with staff or crew)
2. to crew

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tripular (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	tripular
Personal	tripular	tripulares	tripular	tripularmos	tripulardes	tripularem
Gerund
	tripulando
Past participle
Masculine	tripulado			tripulados
Feminine	tripulada			tripuladas
Indicative
Present	tripulo	tripulas	tripula	tripulamos	tripulais	tripulam
Imperfect	tripulava	tripulavas	tripulava	tripulávamos	tripuláveis	tripulavam
Preterite	tripulei	tripulaste	tripulou	tripulamos1, tripulámos2	tripulastes	tripularam
Pluperfect	tripulara	tripularas	tripulara	tripuláramos	tripuláreis	tripularam
Future	tripularei	tripularás	tripulará	tripularemos	tripulareis	tripularão
Conditional	tripularia	tripularias	tripularia	tripularíamos	tripularíeis	tripulariam
Subjunctive
Present	tripule	tripules	tripule	tripulemos	tripuleis	tripulem
Imperfect	tripulasse	tripulasses	tripulasse	tripulássemos	tripulásseis	tripulassem
Future	tripular	tripulares	tripular	tripularmos	tripulardes	tripularem
Imperative
Affirmative		tripula	tripule	tripulemos	tripulai	tripulem
Negative (não)		não tripules	não tripule	não tripulemos	não tripuleis	não tripulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin interpolāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾipuˈlaɾ/ [t̪ɾi.puˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tri‧pu‧lar

Verb

tripular (first-person singular present tripulo, first-person singular preterite tripulé, past participle tripulado)

1. to man (to supply with staff or crew)
2. to crew

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tripular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tripular
gerund			tripulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tripulado		tripulada
		plural		tripulados		tripuladas
		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	tripulo	tripulastú tripulásvos	tripula	tripulamos	tripuláis	tripulan
	imperfect	tripulaba	tripulabas	tripulaba	tripulábamos	tripulabais	tripulaban
	preterite	tripulé	tripulaste	tripuló	tripulamos	tripulasteis	tripularon
	future	tripularé	tripularás	tripulará	tripularemos	tripularéis	tripularán
	conditional	tripularía	tripularías	tripularía	tripularíamos	tripularíais	tripularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tripule	tripulestú tripulésvos2	tripule	tripulemos	tripuléis	tripulen
	imperfect (ra)	tripulara	tripularas	tripulara	tripuláramos	tripularais	tripularan
	imperfect (se)	tripulase	tripulases	tripulase	tripulásemos	tripulaseis	tripulasen
	future1	tripulare	tripulares	tripulare	tripuláremos	tripulareis	tripularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tripulatú tripulávos	tripule	tripulemos	tripulad	tripulen
	negative		no tripules	no tripule	no tripulemos	no tripuléis	no tripulen

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

    Selected combined forms of tripular

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 tripular	dative	tripularme	tripularte	tripularle, tripularse	tripularnos	tripularos	tripularles, tripularse
	accusative	tripularme	tripularte	tripularlo, tripularla, tripularse	tripularnos	tripularos	tripularlos, tripularlas, tripularse
with gerund tripulando	dative	tripulándome	tripulándote	tripulándole, tripulándose	tripulándonos	tripulándoos	tripulándoles, tripulándose
	accusative	tripulándome	tripulándote	tripulándolo, tripulándola, tripulándose	tripulándonos	tripulándoos	tripulándolos, tripulándolas, tripulándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tripula	dative	tripúlame	tripúlate	tripúlale	tripúlanos	not used	tripúlales
	accusative	tripúlame	tripúlate	tripúlalo, tripúlala	tripúlanos	not used	tripúlalos, tripúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tripulá	dative	tripulame	tripulate	tripulale	tripulanos	not used	tripulales
	accusative	tripulame	tripulate	tripulalo, tripulala	tripulanos	not used	tripulalos, tripulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tripule	dative	tripúleme	not used	tripúlele, tripúlese	tripúlenos	not used	tripúleles
	accusative	tripúleme	not used	tripúlelo, tripúlela, tripúlese	tripúlenos	not used	tripúlelos, tripúlelas
with first-person plural imperative tripulemos	dative	not used	tripulémoste	tripulémosle	tripulémonos	tripulémoos	tripulémosles
	accusative	not used	tripulémoste	tripulémoslo, tripulémosla	tripulémonos	tripulémoos	tripulémoslos, tripulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tripulad	dative	tripuladme	not used	tripuladle	tripuladnos	tripulaos	tripuladles
	accusative	tripuladme	not used	tripuladlo, tripuladla	tripuladnos	tripulaos	tripuladlos, tripuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tripulen	dative	tripúlenme	not used	tripúlenle	tripúlennos	not used	tripúlenles, tripúlense
	accusative	tripúlenme	not used	tripúlenlo, tripúlenla	tripúlennos	not used	tripúlenlos, tripúlenlas, tripúlense

Related terms

• tripulación
• tripulante

Further reading

• “tripular”, 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