agazapar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + gazapo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /aɡaθaˈpaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.θaˈpaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /aɡasaˈpaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.saˈpaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ga‧za‧par
Verb
agazapar (first-person singular present agazapo, first-person singular preterite agazapé, past participle agazapado)
- (colloquial) to seize, to grab
- (reflexive) to crouch, to hunker down
- Synonym: agachar
- (reflexive) to hide (presumably by crouching)
- 2020, “Siempre estás tú”, in Ataque celeste, performed by El Columpio Asesino:
- Déjalo ya / Te conozco bien / Siempre agazapada / En un oscuro rincón
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of agazapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | agazapar | ||||||
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gerund | agazapando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | agazapado | agazapada | |||||
plural | agazapados | agazapadas | |||||
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 | agazapo | agazapastú agazapásvos | agazapa | agazapamos | agazapáis | agazapan | |
imperfect | agazapaba | agazapabas | agazapaba | agazapábamos | agazapabais | agazapaban | |
preterite | agazapé | agazapaste | agazapó | agazapamos | agazapasteis | agazaparon | |
future | agazaparé | agazaparás | agazapará | agazaparemos | agazaparéis | agazaparán | |
conditional | agazaparía | agazaparías | agazaparía | agazaparíamos | agazaparíais | agazaparían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | agazape | agazapestú agazapésvos2 | agazape | agazapemos | agazapéis | agazapen | |
imperfect (ra) | agazapara | agazaparas | agazapara | agazapáramos | agazaparais | agazaparan | |
imperfect (se) | agazapase | agazapases | agazapase | agazapásemos | agazapaseis | agazapasen | |
future1 | agazapare | agazapares | agazapare | agazapáremos | agazapareis | agazaparen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | agazapatú agazapávos | agazape | agazapemos | agazapad | agazapen | ||
negative | no agazapes | no agazape | no agazapemos | no agazapéis | no agazapen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of agazapar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive agazapar | |||||||
dative | agazaparme | agazaparte | agazaparle, agazaparse | agazaparnos | agazaparos | agazaparles, agazaparse | |
accusative | agazaparme | agazaparte | agazaparlo, agazaparla, agazaparse | agazaparnos | agazaparos | agazaparlos, agazaparlas, agazaparse | |
with gerund agazapando | |||||||
dative | agazapándome | agazapándote | agazapándole, agazapándose | agazapándonos | agazapándoos | agazapándoles, agazapándose | |
accusative | agazapándome | agazapándote | agazapándolo, agazapándola, agazapándose | agazapándonos | agazapándoos | agazapándolos, agazapándolas, agazapándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative agazapa | |||||||
dative | agazápame | agazápate | agazápale | agazápanos | not used | agazápales | |
accusative | agazápame | agazápate | agazápalo, agazápala | agazápanos | not used | agazápalos, agazápalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative agazapá | |||||||
dative | agazapame | agazapate | agazapale | agazapanos | not used | agazapales | |
accusative | agazapame | agazapate | agazapalo, agazapala | agazapanos | not used | agazapalos, agazapalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative agazape | |||||||
dative | agazápeme | not used | agazápele, agazápese | agazápenos | not used | agazápeles | |
accusative | agazápeme | not used | agazápelo, agazápela, agazápese | agazápenos | not used | agazápelos, agazápelas | |
with first-person plural imperative agazapemos | |||||||
dative | not used | agazapémoste | agazapémosle | agazapémonos | agazapémoos | agazapémosles | |
accusative | not used | agazapémoste | agazapémoslo, agazapémosla | agazapémonos | agazapémoos | agazapémoslos, agazapémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative agazapad | |||||||
dative | agazapadme | not used | agazapadle | agazapadnos | agazapaos | agazapadles | |
accusative | agazapadme | not used | agazapadlo, agazapadla | agazapadnos | agazapaos | agazapadlos, agazapadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative agazapen | |||||||
dative | agazápenme | not used | agazápenle | agazápennos | not used | agazápenles, agazápense | |
accusative | agazápenme | not used | agazápenlo, agazápenla | agazápennos | not used | agazápenlos, agazápenlas, agazápense |
Further reading
- “agazapar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014