aparear

Spanish

Etymology

From parear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apaɾeˈaɾ/ [a.pa.ɾeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pa‧re‧ar

Verb

aparear (first-person singular present apareo, first-person singular preterite apareé, past participle apareado)

1. to mate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aparear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aparear
gerund			apareando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apareado		apareada
		plural		apareados		apareadas
		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	apareo	apareastú apareásvos	aparea	apareamos	apareáis	aparean
	imperfect	apareaba	apareabas	apareaba	apareábamos	apareabais	apareaban
	preterite	apareé	apareaste	apareó	apareamos	apareasteis	aparearon
	future	aparearé	aparearás	apareará	aparearemos	aparearéis	aparearán
	conditional	aparearía	aparearías	aparearía	aparearíamos	aparearíais	aparearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aparee	apareestú apareésvos2	aparee	apareemos	apareéis	apareen
	imperfect (ra)	apareara	aparearas	apareara	apareáramos	aparearais	aparearan
	imperfect (se)	aparease	apareases	aparease	apareásemos	apareaseis	apareasen
	future1	apareare	apareares	apareare	apareáremos	apareareis	aparearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apareatú apareávos	aparee	apareemos	aparead	apareen
	negative		no aparees	no aparee	no apareemos	no apareéis	no apareen

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

    Selected combined forms of aparear

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 aparear
	dative	aparearme	aparearte	aparearle, aparearse	aparearnos	aparearos	aparearles, aparearse
	accusative	aparearme	aparearte	aparearlo, aparearla, aparearse	aparearnos	aparearos	aparearlos, aparearlas, aparearse
with gerund apareando
	dative	apareándome	apareándote	apareándole, apareándose	apareándonos	apareándoos	apareándoles, apareándose
	accusative	apareándome	apareándote	apareándolo, apareándola, apareándose	apareándonos	apareándoos	apareándolos, apareándolas, apareándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aparea
	dative	aparéame	aparéate	aparéale	aparéanos	not used	aparéales
	accusative	aparéame	aparéate	aparéalo, aparéala	aparéanos	not used	aparéalos, aparéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apareá
	dative	apareame	apareate	apareale	apareanos	not used	apareales
	accusative	apareame	apareate	aparealo, apareala	apareanos	not used	aparealos, aparealas
with formal second-person singular imperative aparee
	dative	aparéeme	not used	aparéele, aparéese	aparéenos	not used	aparéeles
	accusative	aparéeme	not used	aparéelo, aparéela, aparéese	aparéenos	not used	aparéelos, aparéelas
with first-person plural imperative apareemos
	dative	not used	apareémoste	apareémosle	apareémonos	apareémoos	apareémosles
	accusative	not used	apareémoste	apareémoslo, apareémosla	apareémonos	apareémoos	apareémoslos, apareémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aparead
	dative	apareadme	not used	apareadle	apareadnos	apareaos	apareadles
	accusative	apareadme	not used	apareadlo, apareadla	apareadnos	apareaos	apareadlos, apareadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative apareen
	dative	aparéenme	not used	aparéenle	aparéennos	not used	aparéenles, aparéense
	accusative	aparéenme	not used	aparéenlo, aparéenla	aparéennos	not used	aparéenlos, aparéenlas, aparéense

Derived terms

• apareamiento

 

Further reading

• “aparear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28