parapetear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾapeteˈaɾ/ [pa.ɾa.pe.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧pe‧te‧ar

Verb

parapetear (first-person singular present parapeteo, first-person singular preterite parapeteé, past participle parapeteado)

1. (Venezuela) to do a quick fix, to do a workaround, to bodge (UK)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of parapetear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			parapetear
gerund			parapeteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		parapeteado		parapeteada
		plural		parapeteados		parapeteadas
		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	parapeteo	parapeteastú parapeteásvos	parapetea	parapeteamos	parapeteáis	parapetean
	imperfect	parapeteaba	parapeteabas	parapeteaba	parapeteábamos	parapeteabais	parapeteaban
	preterite	parapeteé	parapeteaste	parapeteó	parapeteamos	parapeteasteis	parapetearon
	future	parapetearé	parapetearás	parapeteará	parapetearemos	parapetearéis	parapetearán
	conditional	parapetearía	parapetearías	parapetearía	parapetearíamos	parapetearíais	parapetearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	parapetee	parapeteestú parapeteésvos2	parapetee	parapeteemos	parapeteéis	parapeteen
	imperfect (ra)	parapeteara	parapetearas	parapeteara	parapeteáramos	parapetearais	parapetearan
	imperfect (se)	parapetease	parapeteases	parapetease	parapeteásemos	parapeteaseis	parapeteasen
	future1	parapeteare	parapeteares	parapeteare	parapeteáremos	parapeteareis	parapetearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		parapeteatú parapeteávos	parapetee	parapeteemos	parapetead	parapeteen
	negative		no parapetees	no parapetee	no parapeteemos	no parapeteéis	no parapeteen

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

See also

• parapeto
• parapetar

Further reading

• “parapetear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10