agazapar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ gazapo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aɡaθaˈpaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.θaˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /aɡasaˈpaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.saˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧za‧par

Verb

agazapar (first-person singular present agazapo, first-person singular preterite agazapé, past participle agazapado)

1. (colloquial) to seize, to grab
2. (reflexive) to crouch, to hunker down

   Synonym: agachar

3. (reflexive) to hide (presumably by crouching)
   • 2020, “Siempre estás tú”, in Ataque celeste, performed by El Columpio Asesino:

     Déjalo ya / Te conozco bien / Siempre agazapada / En un oscuro rincón

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agazapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			agazapar
gerund			agazapando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agazapado		agazapada
		plural		agazapados		agazapadas
		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	agazapo	agazapastú agazapásvos	agazapa	agazapamos	agazapáis	agazapan
	imperfect	agazapaba	agazapabas	agazapaba	agazapábamos	agazapabais	agazapaban
	preterite	agazapé	agazapaste	agazapó	agazapamos	agazapasteis	agazaparon
	future	agazaparé	agazaparás	agazapará	agazaparemos	agazaparéis	agazaparán
	conditional	agazaparía	agazaparías	agazaparía	agazaparíamos	agazaparíais	agazaparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agazape	agazapestú agazapésvos2	agazape	agazapemos	agazapéis	agazapen
	imperfect (ra)	agazapara	agazaparas	agazapara	agazapáramos	agazaparais	agazaparan
	imperfect (se)	agazapase	agazapases	agazapase	agazapásemos	agazapaseis	agazapasen
	future1	agazapare	agazapares	agazapare	agazapáremos	agazapareis	agazaparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agazapatú agazapávos	agazape	agazapemos	agazapad	agazapen
	negative		no agazapes	no agazape	no agazapemos	no agazapéis	no agazapen

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

    Selected combined forms of agazapar

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 agazapar
	dative	agazaparme	agazaparte	agazaparle, agazaparse	agazaparnos	agazaparos	agazaparles, agazaparse
	accusative	agazaparme	agazaparte	agazaparlo, agazaparla, agazaparse	agazaparnos	agazaparos	agazaparlos, agazaparlas, agazaparse
with gerund agazapando
	dative	agazapándome	agazapándote	agazapándole, agazapándose	agazapándonos	agazapándoos	agazapándoles, agazapándose
	accusative	agazapándome	agazapándote	agazapándolo, agazapándola, agazapándose	agazapándonos	agazapándoos	agazapándolos, agazapándolas, agazapándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative agazapa
	dative	agazápame	agazápate	agazápale	agazápanos	not used	agazápales
	accusative	agazápame	agazápate	agazápalo, agazápala	agazápanos	not used	agazápalos, agazápalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative agazapá
	dative	agazapame	agazapate	agazapale	agazapanos	not used	agazapales
	accusative	agazapame	agazapate	agazapalo, agazapala	agazapanos	not used	agazapalos, agazapalas
with formal second-person singular imperative agazape
	dative	agazápeme	not used	agazápele, agazápese	agazápenos	not used	agazápeles
	accusative	agazápeme	not used	agazápelo, agazápela, agazápese	agazápenos	not used	agazápelos, agazápelas
with first-person plural imperative agazapemos
	dative	not used	agazapémoste	agazapémosle	agazapémonos	agazapémoos	agazapémosles
	accusative	not used	agazapémoste	agazapémoslo, agazapémosla	agazapémonos	agazapémoos	agazapémoslos, agazapémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative agazapad
	dative	agazapadme	not used	agazapadle	agazapadnos	agazapaos	agazapadles
	accusative	agazapadme	not used	agazapadlo, agazapadla	agazapadnos	agazapaos	agazapadlos, agazapadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative agazapen
	dative	agazápenme	not used	agazápenle	agazápennos	not used	agazápenles, agazápense
	accusative	agazápenme	not used	agazápenlo, agazápenla	agazápennos	not used	agazápenlos, agazápenlas, agazápense

Further reading

• “agazapar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28