attraper

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ trapper.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.tʁa.pe/
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Verb

attraper

  1. to trap (to capture in a trap)
    Synonym: piéger
    Le renard s’est enfin laissé attraper au piège.
    The fox finally got caught in the trap.
  2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
    Synonyms: prendre, saisir
  3. (figurative) to catch (a cold etc.)
    Synonym: contracter
    attraper un rhume, une fièvre ― to catch a cold, a fever

Conjugation
Conjugation of attraper (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple attraper
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple attrapant
/a.tʁa.pɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle attrapé
/a.tʁa.pe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present attrape
/a.tʁap/		 attrapes
/a.tʁap/		 attrape
/a.tʁap/		 attrapons
/a.tʁa.pɔ̃/		 attrapez
/a.tʁa.pe/		 attrapent
/a.tʁap/
imperfect attrapais
/a.tʁa.pɛ/		 attrapais
/a.tʁa.pɛ/		 attrapait
/a.tʁa.pɛ/		 attrapions
/a.tʁa.pjɔ̃/		 attrapiez
/a.tʁa.pje/		 attrapaient
/a.tʁa.pɛ/
past historic2 attrapai
/a.tʁa.pe/		 attrapas
/a.tʁa.pa/		 attrapa
/a.tʁa.pa/		 attrapâmes
/a.tʁa.pam/		 attrapâtes
/a.tʁa.pat/		 attrapèrent
/a.tʁa.pɛʁ/
future attraperai
/a.tʁa.pʁe/		 attraperas
/a.tʁa.pʁa/		 attrapera
/a.tʁa.pʁa/		 attraperons
/a.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/		 attraperez
/a.tʁa.pʁe/		 attraperont
/a.tʁa.pʁɔ̃/
conditional attraperais
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/		 attraperais
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/		 attraperait
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/		 attraperions
/a.tʁa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/		 attraperiez
/a.tʁa.pə.ʁje/		 attraperaient
/a.tʁa.pʁɛ/
(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 attrape
/a.tʁap/		 attrapes
/a.tʁap/		 attrape
/a.tʁap/		 attrapions
/a.tʁa.pjɔ̃/		 attrapiez
/a.tʁa.pje/		 attrapent
/a.tʁap/
imperfect2 attrapasse
/a.tʁa.pas/		 attrapasses
/a.tʁa.pas/		 attrapât
/a.tʁa.pa/		 attrapassions
/a.tʁa.pa.sjɔ̃/		 attrapassiez
/a.tʁa.pa.sje/		 attrapassent
/a.tʁa.pas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — attrape
/a.tʁap/		 — attrapons
/a.tʁa.pɔ̃/		 attrapez
/a.tʁa.pe/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Catalan: atrapar
  • → Spanish: atrapar

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