engrapar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ grapa +‎ -ar [c. 1900].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əŋ.ɡɾəˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.ɡɾaˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eŋ.ɡɾaˈpa]

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• Homophone: engrapà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

engrapar (first-person singular present engrapo, first-person singular preterite engrapí, past participle engrapat)

1. (transitive) to hold tightly (something) with the hands.

   Synonyms: agafar, aferrar

2. (transitive) to secure (something) with a staple.

   Synonym: grapar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of engrapar (first conjugation)

infinitive			engrapar
gerund			engrapant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		engrapat		engrapada
		plural		engrapats		engrapades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	engrapo	engrapes	engrapa	engrapem	engrapeu	engrapen
	imperfect	engrapava	engrapaves	engrapava	engrapàvem	engrapàveu	engrapaven
	future	engraparé	engraparàs	engraparà	engraparem	engrapareu	engraparan
	preterite	engrapí	engrapares	engrapà	engrapàrem	engrapàreu	engraparen
	conditional	engraparia	engraparies	engraparia	engraparíem	engraparíeu	engraparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	engrapi	engrapis	engrapi	engrapem	engrapeu	engrapin
	imperfect	engrapés	engrapessis	engrapés	engrapéssim	engrapéssiu	engrapessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	engrapa	engrapi	engrapem	engrapeu	engrapin
	negative (no)	—	no engrapis	no engrapi	no engrapem	no engrapeu	no engrapin

Derived terms

• engrapadora

Related terms

• grapa

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “engrapar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “engrapar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “engrapar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “engrapar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Alternative forms

• engrampar (nonstandard)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Spanish en-

Spanish en-

Spanish grapa

Spanish -ar

Spanish engrapar

From en- + grapa + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡɾaˈpaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾaˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gra‧par

Verb

engrapar (first-person singular present engrapo, first-person singular preterite engrapé, past participle engrapado)

1. (transitive) to clamp, cramp
2. (transitive) to staple

   Synonym: grapar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engrapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			engrapar
gerund			engrapando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		engrapado		engrapada
		plural		engrapados		engrapadas
		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	engrapo	engrapastú engrapásvos	engrapa	engrapamos	engrapáis	engrapan
	imperfect	engrapaba	engrapabas	engrapaba	engrapábamos	engrapabais	engrapaban
	preterite	engrapé	engrapaste	engrapó	engrapamos	engrapasteis	engraparon
	future	engraparé	engraparás	engrapará	engraparemos	engraparéis	engraparán
	conditional	engraparía	engraparías	engraparía	engraparíamos	engraparíais	engraparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	engrape	engrapestú engrapésvos2	engrape	engrapemos	engrapéis	engrapen
	imperfect (ra)	engrapara	engraparas	engrapara	engrapáramos	engraparais	engraparan
	imperfect (se)	engrapase	engrapases	engrapase	engrapásemos	engrapaseis	engrapasen
	future1	engrapare	engrapares	engrapare	engrapáremos	engrapareis	engraparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		engrapatú engrapávos	engrape	engrapemos	engrapad	engrapen
	negative		no engrapes	no engrape	no engrapemos	no engrapéis	no engrapen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “engrapar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025