acaparar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French accaparer, from Italian accaparrare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.kə.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.ka.paˈɾaɾ]

Verb

acaparar (first-person singular present acaparo, first-person singular preterite acaparí, past participle acaparat)

1. (transitive) to hoard

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acaparar (first conjugation)

infinitive			acaparar
gerund			acaparant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acaparat		acaparada
		plural		acaparats		acaparades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acaparo	acapares	acapara	acaparem	acapareu	acaparen
	imperfect	acaparava	acaparaves	acaparava	acaparàvem	acaparàveu	acaparaven
	future	acapararé	acapararàs	acapararà	acapararem	acaparareu	acapararan
	preterite	acaparí	acaparares	acaparà	acaparàrem	acaparàreu	acapararen
	conditional	acapararia	acapararies	acapararia	acapararíem	acapararíeu	acapararien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acapari	acaparis	acapari	acaparem	acapareu	acaparin
	imperfect	acaparés	acaparessis	acaparés	acaparéssim	acaparéssiu	acaparessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	acapara	acapari	acaparem	acapareu	acaparin
	negative (no)	—	no acaparis	no acapari	no acaparem	no acapareu	no acaparin

Derived terms

• acaparador
• acaparament

Further reading

• “acaparar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French accaparer, from Italian caparra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akapaˈɾaɾ/ [a.ka.paˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ca‧pa‧rar

Verb

acaparar (first-person singular present acaparo, first-person singular preterite acaparé, past participle acaparado)

1. (transitive) to hoard, hog

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acaparar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acaparar
gerund			acaparando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acaparado		acaparada
		plural		acaparados		acaparadas
		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	acaparo	acaparastú acaparásvos	acapara	acaparamos	acaparáis	acaparan
	imperfect	acaparaba	acaparabas	acaparaba	acaparábamos	acaparabais	acaparaban
	preterite	acaparé	acaparaste	acaparó	acaparamos	acaparasteis	acapararon
	future	acapararé	acapararás	acaparará	acapararemos	acapararéis	acapararán
	conditional	acapararía	acapararías	acapararía	acapararíamos	acapararíais	acapararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acapare	acaparestú acaparésvos2	acapare	acaparemos	acaparéis	acaparen
	imperfect (ra)	acaparara	acapararas	acaparara	acaparáramos	acapararais	acapararan
	imperfect (se)	acaparase	acaparases	acaparase	acaparásemos	acaparaseis	acaparasen
	future1	acaparare	acaparares	acaparare	acaparáremos	acaparareis	acapararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acaparatú acaparávos	acapare	acaparemos	acaparad	acaparen
	negative		no acapares	no acapare	no acaparemos	no acaparéis	no acaparen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acaparar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive acaparar
	dative	acapararme	acapararte	acapararle, acapararse	acapararnos	acapararos	acapararles, acapararse
	accusative	acapararme	acapararte	acapararlo, acapararla, acapararse	acapararnos	acapararos	acapararlos, acapararlas, acapararse
with gerund acaparando
	dative	acaparándome	acaparándote	acaparándole, acaparándose	acaparándonos	acaparándoos	acaparándoles, acaparándose
	accusative	acaparándome	acaparándote	acaparándolo, acaparándola, acaparándose	acaparándonos	acaparándoos	acaparándolos, acaparándolas, acaparándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative acapara
	dative	acapárame	acapárate	acapárale	acapáranos	not used	acapárales
	accusative	acapárame	acapárate	acapáralo, acapárala	acapáranos	not used	acapáralos, acapáralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative acapará
	dative	acaparame	acaparate	acaparale	acaparanos	not used	acaparales
	accusative	acaparame	acaparate	acaparalo, acaparala	acaparanos	not used	acaparalos, acaparalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acapare
	dative	acapáreme	not used	acapárele, acapárese	acapárenos	not used	acapáreles
	accusative	acapáreme	not used	acapárelo, acapárela, acapárese	acapárenos	not used	acapárelos, acapárelas
with first-person plural imperative acaparemos
	dative	not used	acaparémoste	acaparémosle	acaparémonos	acaparémoos	acaparémosles
	accusative	not used	acaparémoste	acaparémoslo, acaparémosla	acaparémonos	acaparémoos	acaparémoslos, acaparémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acaparad
	dative	acaparadme	not used	acaparadle	acaparadnos	acaparaos	acaparadles
	accusative	acaparadme	not used	acaparadlo, acaparadla	acaparadnos	acaparaos	acaparadlos, acaparadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acaparen
	dative	acapárenme	not used	acapárenle	acapárennos	not used	acapárenles, acapárense
	accusative	acapárenme	not used	acapárenlo, acapárenla	acapárennos	not used	acapárenlos, acapárenlas, acapárense

Derived terms

• acaparador
• acaparamiento

 

Further reading

• “acaparar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014