arrapar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ rapar.

Pronunciation

Verb

arrapar (first-person singular present arrapo, first-person singular preterite arrapí, past participle arrapat)

  1. to take away, to carry away
  2. to scratch, to remove
    Synonym: esgarrapar
  3. (reflexive) to cling
    Synonym: aferrar-se
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 7, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      S'arrapen a l'escorça dels arbres, com els musclos a les roques, i necessito extreure'ls amb una navalla.
      They cling to the bark of the trees, like the mussels do to the rocks, and I need to take them off them with a knife.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of arrapar (first conjugation)
infinitive arrapar
gerund arrapant
past participle masculine feminine
singular arrapat arrapada
plural arrapats arrapades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present arrapo arrapes arrapa arrapem arrapeu arrapen
imperfect arrapava arrapaves arrapava arrapàvem arrapàveu arrapaven
future arraparé arraparàs arraparà arraparem arrapareu arraparan
preterite arrapí arrapares arrapà arrapàrem arrapàreu arraparen
conditional arraparia arraparies arraparia arraparíem arraparíeu arraparien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present arrapi arrapis arrapi arrapem arrapeu arrapin
imperfect arrapés arrapessis arrapés arrapéssim arrapéssiu arrapessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — arrapa arrapi arrapem arrapeu arrapin
negative (no) — no arrapis no arrapi no arrapem no arrapeu no arrapin

Derived terms

Further reading

Ladino

Verb

arrapar

  1. to shave
  2. (Monastir) to cut hair
  • ande se arrapa el guerko (“where the devil shaves”)
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