acampar

From a- +‎ camp +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kəmˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.kamˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧cam‧par

acampar (first-person singular present acampo, first-person singular preterite acampí, past participle acampat)

1. (intransitive) to camp, camp out, go camping
2. (transitive) to make camp
   • 2020, Màrius Serra, Tirant lo Blanc:

     Tirant va fer acampar la gent a un extrem del pont, de manera que els enemics quedaven a l'altra banda del riu, per assegurar-se que no els sorprendrien de nit.

     Tirant made the people camp an one extreme of the bridge, in such a way that the enemy remained at the other side of the river, to ensure that they wouldn't surprise them at night.

3. (pronominal) to save oneself
   • 1920, Joaquim Ruyra, L'idil·li d'en Temme:

     Però sí que era cert que un pescador, amb una barca, podia acampar-se la vida, i d'altra manera no.

     But certainly a fisherman, with a boat, could save their life, otherwise not.

• “acampar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “acampar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “acampar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acampar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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acampar

1. to gather; to collect
2. to lead a herd to pasture
3. to chase
4. to assemble

• achampar

• acamp
• acampa
• acampada
• acampament

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 11.

• campar (rare)

Borrowed from Italian accampare.^[1] By surface analysis, a- +‎ campo (“camp”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: a‧cam‧par

acampar (first-person singular present acampo, first-person singular preterite acampei, past participle acampado)

1. to camp (to go camping)
2. to encamp
3. (video games) to camp

   Synonym: camperar

• “acampar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Italian accampare.

• IPA^(key): /akamˈpaɾ/ [a.kãmˈpaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧cam‧par

acampar (first-person singular present acampo, first-person singular preterite acampé, past participle acampado)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) to camp; to go camping

   Synonym: ir de camping

• “acampar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024