tapear
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.peˈa(h)], /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/ [taˈpja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ɾ)/, /ta.piˈa(ɾ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.peˈa(χ)], /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/ [taˈpja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.peˈa(ɻ)/
Etymology 1
Verb
tapear (first-person singular present tapeio, first-person singular preterite tapeei, past participle tapeado)
Etymology 2
An alteration of tapetar.
Verb
tapear (first-person singular present tapeio, first-person singular preterite tapeei, past participle tapeado)
- (Mozambique) alternative form of tapetar (“to carpet”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “tapear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “tapear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tapeˈaɾ/ [t̪a.peˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ta‧pe‧ar
Verb
tapear (first-person singular present tapeo, first-person singular preterite tapeé, past participle tapeado)
- to have tapas, to dine on tapas, particularly from bar to bar
Conjugation
Conjugation of tapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tapear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tapeando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tapeado | tapeada | |||||
| plural | tapeados | tapeadas | |||||
| 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 | tapeo | tapeastú tapeásvos |
tapea | tapeamos | tapeáis | tapean | |
| imperfect | tapeaba | tapeabas | tapeaba | tapeábamos | tapeabais | tapeaban | |
| preterite | tapeé | tapeaste | tapeó | tapeamos | tapeasteis | tapearon | |
| future | tapearé | tapearás | tapeará | tapearemos | tapearéis | tapearán | |
| conditional | tapearía | tapearías | tapearía | tapearíamos | tapearíais | tapearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tapee | tapeestú tapeésvos2 |
tapee | tapeemos | tapeéis | tapeen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
tapeara | tapearas | tapeara | tapeáramos | tapearais | tapearan | |
| imperfect (se) |
tapease | tapeases | tapease | tapeásemos | tapeaseis | tapeasen | |
| future1 | tapeare | tapeares | tapeare | tapeáremos | tapeareis | tapearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | tapeatú tapeávos |
tapee | tapeemos | tapead | tapeen | ||
| negative | no tapees | no tapee | no tapeemos | no tapeéis | no tapeen | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tapear”, 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