reptar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəpˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [repˈtaɾ]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin reputāre. Doublet of reputar.

Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptí, past participle reptat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to challenge
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 17, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Si tinguéssim una balança el reptaria a posar tots els seus llibres en un platet i l'Aneris en l'altre.

     If we had had scales, I would have challenged him to put all his books in one scale and Aneris in the other one.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			reptar
gerund			reptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reptat		reptada
		plural		reptats		reptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	repto	reptes	repta	reptem	repteu	repten
	imperfect	reptava	reptaves	reptava	reptàvem	reptàveu	reptaven
	future	reptaré	reptaràs	reptarà	reptarem	reptareu	reptaran
	preterite	reptí	reptares	reptà	reptàrem	reptàreu	reptaren
	conditional	reptaria	reptaries	reptaria	reptaríem	reptaríeu	reptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	repti	reptis	repti	reptem	repteu	reptin
	imperfect	reptés	reptessis	reptés	reptéssim	reptéssiu	reptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	repta	repti	reptem	repteu	reptin
	negative (no)	—	no reptis	no repti	no reptem	no repteu	no reptin

Derived terms

• reptador
• reptament
• repte

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rēptāre.

Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptí, past participle reptat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (intransitive) to slither

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			reptar
gerund			reptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reptat		reptada
		plural		reptats		reptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	repto	reptes	repta	reptem	repteu	repten
	imperfect	reptava	reptaves	reptava	reptàvem	reptàveu	reptaven
	future	reptaré	reptaràs	reptarà	reptarem	reptareu	reptaran
	preterite	reptí	reptares	reptà	reptàrem	reptàreu	reptaren
	conditional	reptaria	reptaries	reptaria	reptaríem	reptaríeu	reptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	repti	reptis	repti	reptem	repteu	reptin
	imperfect	reptés	reptessis	reptés	reptéssim	reptéssiu	reptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	repta	repti	reptem	repteu	reptin
	negative (no)	—	no reptis	no repti	no reptem	no repteu	no reptin

Derived terms

• reptant

Related terms

• reptació
• rèptil

Further reading

• “reptar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “reptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Interlingua

Verb

reptar

1. to creep
2. to crawl

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reptar

infinitive		reptar
participle		present	perfect
		reptante	reptate
active		simple	perfect
	present	repta	ha reptate
	past	reptava	habeva reptate
	future	reptara	habera reptate
	conditional	reptarea	haberea reptate
	imperative	repta	—

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• rebtar, rectar

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan reptar, inherited from Latin reputāre.

Verb

reptar

1. to challenge, defy

Descendants

• Spanish: retar

Descendants

• Spanish: retar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “retar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 890

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [hepˈta(h)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [he.piˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [hepˈta(h)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [he.piˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁepˈta(ɾ)/ [hepˈta(ɾ)], /ʁe.piˈta(ɾ)/ [he.piˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [χepˈta(χ)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.piˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁepˈta(ɻ)/ [hepˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈptaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈptaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛˈpta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: rep‧tar

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin reptāre.

Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)

1. (intransitive) to slither
2. (intransitive) to crawl, to creep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reptar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	reptar
Personal	reptar	reptares	reptar	reptarmos	reptardes	reptarem
Gerund
	reptando
Past participle
Masculine	reptado			reptados
Feminine	reptada			reptadas
Indicative
Present	repto	reptas	repta	reptamos	reptais	reptam
Imperfect	reptava	reptavas	reptava	reptávamos	reptáveis	reptavam
Preterite	reptei	reptaste	reptou	reptamos1, reptámos2	reptastes	reptaram
Pluperfect	reptara	reptaras	reptara	reptáramos	reptáreis	reptaram
Future	reptarei	reptarás	reptará	reptaremos	reptareis	reptarão
Conditional	reptaria	reptarias	reptaria	reptaríamos	reptaríeis	reptariam
Subjunctive
Present	repte	reptes	repte	reptemos	repteis	reptem
Imperfect	reptasse	reptasses	reptasse	reptássemos	reptásseis	reptassem
Future	reptar	reptares	reptar	reptarmos	reptardes	reptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		repta	repte	reptemos	reptai	reptem
Negative (não)		não reptes	não repte	não reptemos	não repteis	não reptem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin reputāre.

Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)

1. (transitive) to challenge someone

   Synonym: desafiar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reptar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	reptar
Personal	reptar	reptares	reptar	reptarmos	reptardes	reptarem
Gerund
	reptando
Past participle
Masculine	reptado			reptados
Feminine	reptada			reptadas
Indicative
Present	repto	reptas	repta	reptamos	reptais	reptam
Imperfect	reptava	reptavas	reptava	reptávamos	reptáveis	reptavam
Preterite	reptei	reptaste	reptou	reptamos1, reptámos2	reptastes	reptaram
Pluperfect	reptara	reptaras	reptara	reptáramos	reptáreis	reptaram
Future	reptarei	reptarás	reptará	reptaremos	reptareis	reptarão
Conditional	reptaria	reptarias	reptaria	reptaríamos	reptaríeis	reptariam
Subjunctive
Present	repte	reptes	repte	reptemos	repteis	reptem
Imperfect	reptasse	reptasses	reptasse	reptássemos	reptásseis	reptassem
Future	reptar	reptares	reptar	reptarmos	reptardes	reptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		repta	repte	reptemos	reptai	reptem
Negative (não)		não reptes	não repte	não reptemos	não repteis	não reptem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• repto

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebˈtaɾ/ [reβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: rep‧tar

Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite repté, past participle reptado)

1. to slither

   Synonym: deslizarse

2. to crawl; to creep

   Synonym: arrastrarse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			reptar
gerund			reptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		reptado		reptada
		plural		reptados		reptadas
		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	repto	reptastú reptásvos	repta	reptamos	reptáis	reptan
	imperfect	reptaba	reptabas	reptaba	reptábamos	reptabais	reptaban
	preterite	repté	reptaste	reptó	reptamos	reptasteis	reptaron
	future	reptaré	reptarás	reptará	reptaremos	reptaréis	reptarán
	conditional	reptaría	reptarías	reptaría	reptaríamos	reptaríais	reptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	repte	reptestú reptésvos2	repte	reptemos	reptéis	repten
	imperfect (ra)	reptara	reptaras	reptara	reptáramos	reptarais	reptaran
	imperfect (se)	reptase	reptases	reptase	reptásemos	reptaseis	reptasen
	future1	reptare	reptares	reptare	reptáremos	reptareis	reptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		reptatú reptávos	repte	reptemos	reptad	repten
	negative		no reptes	no repte	no reptemos	no reptéis	no repten

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

Further reading

• “reptar”, 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

Anagrams

• trepar