zapear
Galician
Etymology
From English zap + -ear.
Verb
zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeei, past participle zapeado)
- 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)
- 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
From English zap + -ear.
Verb
zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeé, past participle zapeado)
- (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
Verb
zapear (first-person singular present zapeo, first-person singular preterite zapeé, past participle zapeado)
- shoo (to induce someone or something to leave)
- 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