aparar

From a- +‎ parar or possibly from Latin apparāre.

• IPA^(key): [apaˈɾaɾ]

aparar (first-person singular present aparo, first-person singular preterite aparei, past participle aparado)

1. to catch (a tossed or free falling object, for example)

   Synonyms: apañar, coller

   • 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:

     Galán que estás no canizo
     bota castañas pra baixo
     que anque non teño mandil
     apárochas no refaixo.

     Gallant up there in the loft
     throw some chestnuts down,
     even if I have no apron
     I'll catch them with my petticoat

2. to prepare; to provide

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aparar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aparar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aparar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aparar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “aparar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aparar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from English appear, French apparaître, Italian apparire, Spanish aparecer.

• IPA^(key): /apaˈrar/

aparar (present aparas, past aparis, future aparos, conditional aparus, imperative aparez)

1. (intransitive) to appear; to become visible, be in sight, come to light

   Antonym: desaparar

aparar

1. to display the bride's trousseau

• ashugar

From Old Occitan amparar, probably from a Vulgar Latin *anteparō, *anteparāre, from Latin ante- + parō. Compare Catalan emparar (Old Catalan Old Catalan amparar), Spanish and Portuguese amparar.

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aparar

1. to protect

   Synonym: protegir

From a- +‎ parar, or possibly from Latin apparāre.

• Hyphenation: a‧pa‧rar

aparar (first-person singular present aparo, first-person singular preterite aparei, past participle aparado)

1. (transitive) to trim (to reduce slightly)

   Synonyms: cortar, podar

Borrowed from Latin apparāre.

• IPA^(key): /apaˈɾaɾ/ [a.paˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧rar

aparar (first-person singular present aparo, first-person singular preterite aparé, past participle aparado)

1. to arrange, prepare

• “aparar”, 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