zapear

Galician

Etymology

From English zap + -ear.

Verb

zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeei, past participle zapeado)

1. to zap (change TV channels repeatedly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zapear

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	zapear
personal	zapear	zapeares	zapear	zapearmos	zapeardes	zapearen
Gerund
	zapeando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	zapeado			zapeados
feminine	zapeada			zapeadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	zapeo	zapeas	zapea	zapeamos	zapeades	zapean
imperfect	zapeaba	zapeabas	zapeaba	zapeabamos	zapeabades	zapeaban
preterite	zapeei	zapeaches	zapeou	zapeamos	zapeastes	zapearon
pluperfect	zapeara	zapearas	zapeara	zapearamos	zapearades	zapearan
future	zapearei	zapearás	zapeará	zapearemos	zapearedes	zapearán
conditional	zapearía	zapearías	zapearía	zapeariamos	zapeariades	zapearían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	zapee	zapees	zapee	zapeemos	zapeedes	zapeen
preterite	zapease	zapeases	zapease	zapeásemos	zapeásedes	zapeasen
future	zapear	zapeares	zapear	zapearmos	zapeardes	zapearen
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	zapea	zapee	zapeemos	zapeade	zapeen
negative	–	zapees	zapee	zapeemos	zapeedes	zapeen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• zapar

Etymology

From English zap +‎ -ear.

Verb

zapear (first-person singular present zapeio, first-person singular preterite zapeei, past participle zapeado)

1. (Brazil) to zap (change TV channels repeatedly)

   Synonym: fazer zapping

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zapear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	zapear
Personal	zapear	zapeares	zapear	zapearmos	zapeardes	zapearem
Gerund
	zapeando
Past participle
Masculine	zapeado			zapeados
Feminine	zapeada			zapeadas
Indicative
Present	zapeio	zapeias	zapeia	zapeamos	zapeais	zapeiam
Imperfect	zapeava	zapeavas	zapeava	zapeávamos	zapeáveis	zapeavam
Preterite	zapeei	zapeaste	zapeou	zapeamos1, zapeámos2	zapeastes	zapearam
Pluperfect	zapeara	zapearas	zapeara	zapeáramos	zapeáreis	zapearam
Future	zapearei	zapearás	zapeará	zapearemos	zapeareis	zapearão
Conditional
	zapearia	zapearias	zapearia	zapearíamos	zapearíeis	zapeariam
Subjunctive
Present	zapeie	zapeies	zapeie	zapeemos	zapeeis	zapeiem
Imperfect	zapeasse	zapeasses	zapeasse	zapeássemos	zapeásseis	zapeassem
Future	zapear	zapeares	zapear	zapearmos	zapeardes	zapearem
Imperative
Affirmative		zapeia	zapeie	zapeemos	zapeai	zapeiem
Negative (não)		não zapeies	não zapeie	não zapeemos	não zapeeis	não zapeiem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θapeˈaɾ/ [θa.peˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sapeˈaɾ/ [sa.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: za‧pe‧ar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English zap + -ear.

Verb

zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeé, past participle zapeado)

1. (Spain) to zap, channel surf, channel hop (change TV channels repeatedly)

   Synonym: hacer zapping

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zapear
gerund			zapeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zapeado		zapeada
		plural		zapeados		zapeadas
		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	zapeo	zapeastú zapeásvos	zapea	zapeamos	zapeáis	zapean
	imperfect	zapeaba	zapeabas	zapeaba	zapeábamos	zapeabais	zapeaban
	preterite	zapeé	zapeaste	zapeó	zapeamos	zapeasteis	zapearon
	future	zapearé	zapearás	zapeará	zapearemos	zapearéis	zapearán
	conditional	zapearía	zapearías	zapearía	zapearíamos	zapearíais	zapearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zapee	zapeestú zapeésvos2	zapee	zapeemos	zapeéis	zapeen
	imperfect (ra)	zapeara	zapearas	zapeara	zapeáramos	zapearais	zapearan
	imperfect (se)	zapease	zapeases	zapease	zapeásemos	zapeaseis	zapeasen
	future1	zapeare	zapeares	zapeare	zapeáremos	zapeareis	zapearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zapeatú zapeávos	zapee	zapeemos	zapead	zapeen
	negative		no zapees	no zapee	no zapeemos	no zapeéis	no zapeen

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

Derived terms

• zapeo
• zapping

 

Etymology 2

Verb

zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeé, past participle zapeado)

1. shoo (to induce someone or something to leave)
2. scare off (to cause (something) to flee by frightening it)

Further reading

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