sapear
Portuguese
Etymology
From sapo (“frog”) + -ear.
Verb
sapear (first-person singular present sapeio, first-person singular preterite sapeei, past participle sapeado)
- (Brazil, slang) to spy; to observe while concealed
- Synonyms: espreitar, espiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sapear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | sapear | |||||
Personal | sapear | sapeares | sapear | sapearmos | sapeardes | sapearem |
Gerund | ||||||
sapeando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | sapeado | sapeados | ||||
Feminine | sapeada | sapeadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | sapeio | sapeias | sapeia | sapeamos | sapeais | sapeiam |
Imperfect | sapeava | sapeavas | sapeava | sapeávamos | sapeáveis | sapeavam |
Preterite | sapeei | sapeaste | sapeou | sapeamos1, sapeámos2 | sapeastes | sapearam |
Pluperfect | sapeara | sapearas | sapeara | sapeáramos | sapeáreis | sapearam |
Future | sapearei | sapearás | sapeará | sapearemos | sapeareis | sapearão |
Conditional | ||||||
sapearia | sapearias | sapearia | sapearíamos | sapearíeis | sapeariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | sapeie | sapeies | sapeie | sapeemos | sapeeis | sapeiem |
Imperfect | sapeasse | sapeasses | sapeasse | sapeássemos | sapeásseis | sapeassem |
Future | sapear | sapeares | sapear | sapearmos | sapeardes | sapearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | sapeia | sapeie | sapeemos | sapeai | sapeiem | |
Negative (não) | não sapeies | não sapeie | não sapeemos | não sapeeis | não sapeiem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
sapo + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sapeˈaɾ/ [sa.peˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sa‧pe‧ar
Verb
sapear (first-person singular present sapeo, first-person singular preterite sapeé, past participle sapeado)
- (Latin America) to dob in; snitch
- (Latin America) to spy; observe
- Synonym: espiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | sapear | ||||||
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gerund | sapeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sapeado | sapeada | |||||
plural | sapeados | sapeadas | |||||
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 | sapeo | sapeastú sapeásvos | sapea | sapeamos | sapeáis | sapean | |
imperfect | sapeaba | sapeabas | sapeaba | sapeábamos | sapeabais | sapeaban | |
preterite | sapeé | sapeaste | sapeó | sapeamos | sapeasteis | sapearon | |
future | sapearé | sapearás | sapeará | sapearemos | sapearéis | sapearán | |
conditional | sapearía | sapearías | sapearía | sapearíamos | sapearíais | sapearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | sapee | sapeestú sapeésvos2 | sapee | sapeemos | sapeéis | sapeen | |
imperfect (ra) | sapeara | sapearas | sapeara | sapeáramos | sapearais | sapearan | |
imperfect (se) | sapease | sapeases | sapease | sapeásemos | sapeaseis | sapeasen | |
future1 | sapeare | sapeares | sapeare | sapeáremos | sapeareis | sapearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | sapeatú sapeávos | sapee | sapeemos | sapead | sapeen | ||
negative | no sapees | no sapee | no sapeemos | no sapeéis | no sapeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “sapear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014