zarpar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *serp-

Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti

Proto-Italic *serpō

Latin serpō

Latin serpēns

Old Italian serpe

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Old Italian -are

Old Italian sarparebor.

Spanish zarparbor.

Portuguese zarpar

Borrowed from Spanish zarpar, from Old Italian sarpare.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [zahˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /zaɾˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /zaʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [zaχˈpa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /zaɻˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐɾˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐɾˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐɾˈpa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: zar‧par

Verb

zarpar (first-person singular present zarpo, first-person singular preterite zarpei, past participle zarpado)

1. (nautical, intransitive) to embark; to set sail
2. to leave

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zarpar (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	zarpar
Personal	zarpar	zarpares	zarpar	zarparmos	zarpardes	zarparem
Gerund
	zarpando
Past participle
Masculine	zarpado			zarpados
Feminine	zarpada			zarpadas
Indicative
Present	zarpo	zarpas	zarpa	zarpamos	zarpais	zarpam
Imperfect	zarpava	zarpavas	zarpava	zarpávamos	zarpáveis	zarpavam
Preterite	zarpei	zarpaste	zarpou	zarpamos1, zarpámos2	zarpastes	zarparam
Pluperfect	zarpara	zarparas	zarpara	zarpáramos	zarpáreis	zarparam
Future	zarparei	zarparás	zarpará	zarparemos	zarpareis	zarparão
Conditional	zarparia	zarparias	zarparia	zarparíamos	zarparíeis	zarpariam
Subjunctive
Present	zarpe	zarpes	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpeis	zarpem
Imperfect	zarpasse	zarpasses	zarpasse	zarpássemos	zarpásseis	zarpassem
Future	zarpar	zarpares	zarpar	zarparmos	zarpardes	zarparem
Imperative
Affirmative		zarpa	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpai	zarpem
Negative (não)		não zarpes	não zarpe	não zarpemos	não zarpeis	não zarpem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaɾˈpaɾ/ [θaɾˈpaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saɾˈpaɾ/ [saɾˈpaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zar‧par

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *serp-

Proto-Indo-European *sérpeti

Proto-Italic *serpō

Latin serpō

Latin serpēns

Old Italian serpe

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Old Italian -are

Old Italian sarparebor.

Spanish zarpar

Borrowed from Old Italian sarpare.

Verb

zarpar (first-person singular present zarpo, first-person singular preterite zarpé, past participle zarpado)

1. (nautical, intransitive) to embark; to set sail

   Coordinate term: atracar (“to moor”)

   • 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Mientras, los que utilizan Barcelona como puerto base (zarpan o atracan en el puerto), aumentan un 6,6% hasta 1,7 millones.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zarpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zarpar
gerund			zarpando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zarpado		zarpada
		plural		zarpados		zarpadas
		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	zarpo	zarpastú zarpásvos	zarpa	zarpamos	zarpáis	zarpan
	imperfect	zarpaba	zarpabas	zarpaba	zarpábamos	zarpabais	zarpaban
	preterite	zarpé	zarpaste	zarpó	zarpamos	zarpasteis	zarparon
	future	zarparé	zarparás	zarpará	zarparemos	zarparéis	zarparán
	conditional	zarparía	zarparías	zarparía	zarparíamos	zarparíais	zarparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zarpe	zarpestú zarpésvos2	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpéis	zarpen
	imperfect (ra)	zarpara	zarparas	zarpara	zarpáramos	zarparais	zarparan
	imperfect (se)	zarpase	zarpases	zarpase	zarpásemos	zarpaseis	zarpasen
	future1	zarpare	zarpares	zarpare	zarpáremos	zarpareis	zarparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zarpatú zarpávos	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpad	zarpen
	negative		no zarpes	no zarpe	no zarpemos	no zarpéis	no zarpen

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

Etymology 2

From a vesre form of pasarse (“to go too far”)

Verb

zarpar (first-person singular present zarpo, first-person singular preterite zarpé, past participle zarpado)

1. (reflexive, Chile, Rioplatense, colloquial) to behave in a daring and out of place way

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zarpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zarpar
gerund			zarpando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zarpado		zarpada
		plural		zarpados		zarpadas
		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	zarpo	zarpastú zarpásvos	zarpa	zarpamos	zarpáis	zarpan
	imperfect	zarpaba	zarpabas	zarpaba	zarpábamos	zarpabais	zarpaban
	preterite	zarpé	zarpaste	zarpó	zarpamos	zarpasteis	zarparon
	future	zarparé	zarparás	zarpará	zarparemos	zarparéis	zarparán
	conditional	zarparía	zarparías	zarparía	zarparíamos	zarparíais	zarparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zarpe	zarpestú zarpésvos2	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpéis	zarpen
	imperfect (ra)	zarpara	zarparas	zarpara	zarpáramos	zarparais	zarparan
	imperfect (se)	zarpase	zarpases	zarpase	zarpásemos	zarpaseis	zarpasen
	future1	zarpare	zarpares	zarpare	zarpáremos	zarpareis	zarparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zarpatú zarpávos	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpad	zarpen
	negative		no zarpes	no zarpe	no zarpemos	no zarpéis	no zarpen

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

    Selected combined forms of zarpar

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 zarpar	dative	zarparme	zarparte	zarparle, zarparse	zarparnos	zarparos	zarparles, zarparse
	accusative	zarparme	zarparte	zarparlo, zarparla, zarparse	zarparnos	zarparos	zarparlos, zarparlas, zarparse
with gerund zarpando	dative	zarpándome	zarpándote	zarpándole, zarpándose	zarpándonos	zarpándoos	zarpándoles, zarpándose
	accusative	zarpándome	zarpándote	zarpándolo, zarpándola, zarpándose	zarpándonos	zarpándoos	zarpándolos, zarpándolas, zarpándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative zarpa	dative	zárpame	zárpate	zárpale	zárpanos	not used	zárpales
	accusative	zárpame	zárpate	zárpalo, zárpala	zárpanos	not used	zárpalos, zárpalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative zarpá	dative	zarpame	zarpate	zarpale	zarpanos	not used	zarpales
	accusative	zarpame	zarpate	zarpalo, zarpala	zarpanos	not used	zarpalos, zarpalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zarpe	dative	zárpeme	not used	zárpele, zárpese	zárpenos	not used	zárpeles
	accusative	zárpeme	not used	zárpelo, zárpela, zárpese	zárpenos	not used	zárpelos, zárpelas
with first-person plural imperative zarpemos	dative	not used	zarpémoste	zarpémosle	zarpémonos	zarpémoos	zarpémosles
	accusative	not used	zarpémoste	zarpémoslo, zarpémosla	zarpémonos	zarpémoos	zarpémoslos, zarpémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zarpad	dative	zarpadme	not used	zarpadle	zarpadnos	zarpaos	zarpadles
	accusative	zarpadme	not used	zarpadlo, zarpadla	zarpadnos	zarpaos	zarpadlos, zarpadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zarpen	dative	zárpenme	not used	zárpenle	zárpennos	not used	zárpenles, zárpense
	accusative	zárpenme	not used	zárpenlo, zárpenla	zárpennos	not used	zárpenlos, zárpenlas, zárpense

Derived terms

• zarpado

Further reading

• “zarpar”, 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
• “zarpar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010