aperrear
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish aperrear, from a- + perro (“dog”) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pe.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.pe.heˈa(h)], /a.pe.ʁiˈa(ʁ)/ [a.pe.hɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.peˈʁja(ʁ)/ [a.peˈhja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.pe.ʁeˈa(ɾ)/ [a.pe.heˈa(ɾ)], /a.pe.ʁiˈa(ɾ)/ [a.pe.hɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.peˈʁja(ɾ)/ [a.peˈhja(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.pe.ʁeˈa(ʁ)/ [a.pe.χeˈa(χ)], /a.pe.ʁiˈa(ʁ)/ [a.pe.χɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.peˈʁja(ʁ)/ [a.peˈχja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pe.ʁeˈa(ɻ)/ [a.pe.heˈa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɨˈʁjaɾ/
- Hyphenation: a‧per‧re‧ar
Verb
aperrear (first-person singular present aperreio, first-person singular preterite aperreei, past participle aperreado)
- to provoke a dog
- to chase with dogs
- to harass (to annoy endlessly or systematically)
Conjugation
Conjugation of aperrear (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 | aperrear | |||||
| Personal | aperrear | aperreares | aperrear | aperrearmos | aperreardes | aperrearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aperreando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | aperreado | aperreados | ||||
| Feminine | aperreada | aperreadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aperreio | aperreias | aperreia | aperreamos | aperreais | aperreiam |
| Imperfect | aperreava | aperreavas | aperreava | aperreávamos | aperreáveis | aperreavam |
| Preterite | aperreei | aperreaste | aperreou | aperreamos1, aperreámos2 | aperreastes | aperrearam |
| Pluperfect | aperreara | aperrearas | aperreara | aperreáramos | aperreáreis | aperrearam |
| Future | aperrearei | aperrearás | aperreará | aperrearemos | aperreareis | aperrearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| aperrearia | aperrearias | aperrearia | aperrearíamos | aperrearíeis | aperreariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aperreie | aperreies | aperreie | aperreemos | aperreeis | aperreiem |
| Imperfect | aperreasse | aperreasses | aperreasse | aperreássemos | aperreásseis | aperreassem |
| Future | aperrear | aperreares | aperrear | aperrearmos | aperreardes | aperrearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aperreia | aperreie | aperreemos | aperreai | aperreiem | |
| Negative (não) | não aperreies | não aperreie | não aperreemos | não aperreeis | não aperreiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Verb
aperrear (first-person singular present aperreo, first-person singular preterite aperreé, past participle aperreado)
- to set the dogs on
- to wear out; to tire
- (Panama) to slag off
Conjugation
Conjugation of aperrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | aperrear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aperreando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aperreado | aperreada | |||||
| plural | aperreados | aperreadas | |||||
| 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 | aperreo | aperreastú aperreásvos | aperrea | aperreamos | aperreáis | aperrean | |
| imperfect | aperreaba | aperreabas | aperreaba | aperreábamos | aperreabais | aperreaban | |
| preterite | aperreé | aperreaste | aperreó | aperreamos | aperreasteis | aperrearon | |
| future | aperrearé | aperrearás | aperreará | aperrearemos | aperrearéis | aperrearán | |
| conditional | aperrearía | aperrearías | aperrearía | aperrearíamos | aperrearíais | aperrearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aperree | aperreestú aperreésvos2 | aperree | aperreemos | aperreéis | aperreen | |
| imperfect (ra) | aperreara | aperrearas | aperreara | aperreáramos | aperrearais | aperrearan | |
| imperfect (se) | aperrease | aperreases | aperrease | aperreásemos | aperreaseis | aperreasen | |
| future1 | aperreare | aperreares | aperreare | aperreáremos | aperreareis | aperrearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | aperreatú aperreávos | aperree | aperreemos | aperread | aperreen | ||
| negative | no aperrees | no aperree | no aperreemos | no aperreéis | no aperreen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aperrear
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 aperrear | |||||||
| dative | aperrearme | aperrearte | aperrearle, aperrearse | aperrearnos | aperrearos | aperrearles, aperrearse | |
| accusative | aperrearme | aperrearte | aperrearlo, aperrearla, aperrearse | aperrearnos | aperrearos | aperrearlos, aperrearlas, aperrearse | |
| with gerund aperreando | |||||||
| dative | aperreándome | aperreándote | aperreándole, aperreándose | aperreándonos | aperreándoos | aperreándoles, aperreándose | |
| accusative | aperreándome | aperreándote | aperreándolo, aperreándola, aperreándose | aperreándonos | aperreándoos | aperreándolos, aperreándolas, aperreándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative aperrea | |||||||
| dative | aperréame | aperréate | aperréale | aperréanos | not used | aperréales | |
| accusative | aperréame | aperréate | aperréalo, aperréala | aperréanos | not used | aperréalos, aperréalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative aperreá | |||||||
| dative | aperreame | aperreate | aperreale | aperreanos | not used | aperreales | |
| accusative | aperreame | aperreate | aperrealo, aperreala | aperreanos | not used | aperrealos, aperrealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aperree | |||||||
| dative | aperréeme | not used | aperréele, aperréese | aperréenos | not used | aperréeles | |
| accusative | aperréeme | not used | aperréelo, aperréela, aperréese | aperréenos | not used | aperréelos, aperréelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative aperreemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | aperreémoste | aperreémosle | aperreémonos | aperreémoos | aperreémosles | |
| accusative | not used | aperreémoste | aperreémoslo, aperreémosla | aperreémonos | aperreémoos | aperreémoslos, aperreémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aperread | |||||||
| dative | aperreadme | not used | aperreadle | aperreadnos | aperreaos | aperreadles | |
| accusative | aperreadme | not used | aperreadlo, aperreadla | aperreadnos | aperreaos | aperreadlos, aperreadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aperreen | |||||||
| dative | aperréenme | not used | aperréenle | aperréennos | not used | aperréenles, aperréense | |
| accusative | aperréenme | not used | aperréenlo, aperréenla | aperréennos | not used | aperréenlos, aperréenlas, aperréense | |
Further reading
- “aperrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014