accaparer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian accaparrare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ka.pa.ʁe/
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Verb

accaparer

  1. to monopolize, to corner
  2. to occupy, to grab, to acquire, to arrogate (often with force or money)
  3. to engross, to preoccupy

Conjugation
Conjugation of accaparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple accaparer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple accaparant
/a.ka.pa.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle accaparé
/a.ka.pa.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accapare
/a.ka.paʁ/		 accapares
/a.ka.paʁ/		 accapare
/a.ka.paʁ/		 accaparons
/a.ka.pa.ʁɔ̃/		 accaparez
/a.ka.pa.ʁe/		 accaparent
/a.ka.paʁ/
imperfect accaparais
/a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/		 accaparais
/a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/		 accaparait
/a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/		 accaparions
/a.ka.pa.ʁjɔ̃/		 accapariez
/a.ka.pa.ʁje/		 accaparaient
/a.ka.pa.ʁɛ/
past historic2 accaparai
/a.ka.pa.ʁe/		 accaparas
/a.ka.pa.ʁa/		 accapara
/a.ka.pa.ʁa/		 accaparâmes
/a.ka.pa.ʁam/		 accaparâtes
/a.ka.pa.ʁat/		 accaparèrent
/a.ka.pa.ʁɛʁ/
future accaparerai
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁe/		 accapareras
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁa/		 accaparera
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁa/		 accaparerons
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 accaparerez
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁe/		 accapareront
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accaparerais
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 accaparerais
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 accaparerait
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 accaparerions
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 accapareriez
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁje/		 accapareraient
/a.ka.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accapare
/a.ka.paʁ/		 accapares
/a.ka.paʁ/		 accapare
/a.ka.paʁ/		 accaparions
/a.ka.pa.ʁjɔ̃/		 accapariez
/a.ka.pa.ʁje/		 accaparent
/a.ka.paʁ/
imperfect2 accaparasse
/a.ka.pa.ʁas/		 accaparasses
/a.ka.pa.ʁas/		 accaparât
/a.ka.pa.ʁa/		 accaparassions
/a.ka.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 accaparassiez
/a.ka.pa.ʁa.sje/		 accaparassent
/a.ka.pa.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accapare
/a.ka.paʁ/		 — accaparons
/a.ka.pa.ʁɔ̃/		 accaparez
/a.ka.pa.ʁe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants
  • → Catalan: acaparar
  • → Spanish: acaparar
    • → Tagalog: akapara

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