tapear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/ [taˈpja(h)], /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.peˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/ [taˈpja(h)], /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.peˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈa(ɾ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ɾ)/, /ta.peˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ʁ)/ [taˈpja(χ)], /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.peˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈa(ɻ)/ [ta.pɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /taˈpja(ɻ)/, /ta.peˈa(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ta.peˈa(h)]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

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Portuguese tapa

Portuguese boca

Portuguese tapa-bocaellip.

Portuguese tapa

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese tapear

From tapa + -ear.

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeio, first-person singular preterite tapeei, past participle tapeado)

1. (Brazil, informal) to trick, to fool

Etymology 2

An alteration of tapetar.

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeio, first-person singular preterite tapeei, past participle tapeado)

1. (Mozambique) alternative form of tapetar (“to carpet”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tapear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	tapear
Personal	tapear	tapeares	tapear	tapearmos	tapeardes	tapearem
Gerund
	tapeando
Past participle
Masculine	tapeado			tapeados
Feminine	tapeada			tapeadas
Indicative
Present	tapeio	tapeias	tapeia	tapeamos	tapeais	tapeiam
Imperfect	tapeava	tapeavas	tapeava	tapeávamos	tapeáveis	tapeavam
Preterite	tapeei	tapeaste	tapeou	tapeamos1, tapeámos2	tapeastes	tapearam
Pluperfect	tapeara	tapearas	tapeara	tapeáramos	tapeáreis	tapearam
Future	tapearei	tapearás	tapeará	tapearemos	tapeareis	tapearão
Conditional	tapearia	tapearias	tapearia	tapearíamos	tapearíeis	tapeariam
Subjunctive
Present	tapeie	tapeies	tapeie	tapeemos	tapeeis	tapeiem
Imperfect	tapeasse	tapeasses	tapeasse	tapeássemos	tapeásseis	tapeassem
Future	tapear	tapeares	tapear	tapearmos	tapeardes	tapearem
Imperative
Affirmative		tapeia	tapeie	tapeemos	tapeai	tapeiem
Negative (não)		não tapeies	não tapeie	não tapeemos	não tapeeis	não tapeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “tapear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tapear”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “tapear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “tapear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *Capa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa

Tagalog tapabor.

Spanish tapa

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish tapear

From tapa + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tapeˈaɾ/ [t̪a.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧pe‧ar

Verb

tapear (first-person singular present tapeo, first-person singular preterite tapeé, past participle tapeado)

1. to have tapas, to dine on tapas, particularly from bar to bar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tapear
gerund			tapeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tapeado		tapeada
		plural		tapeados		tapeadas
		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	tapeo	tapeastú tapeásvos	tapea	tapeamos	tapeáis	tapean
	imperfect	tapeaba	tapeabas	tapeaba	tapeábamos	tapeabais	tapeaban
	preterite	tapeé	tapeaste	tapeó	tapeamos	tapeasteis	tapearon
	future	tapearé	tapearás	tapeará	tapearemos	tapearéis	tapearán
	conditional	tapearía	tapearías	tapearía	tapearíamos	tapearíais	tapearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tapee	tapeestú tapeésvos2	tapee	tapeemos	tapeéis	tapeen
	imperfect (ra)	tapeara	tapearas	tapeara	tapeáramos	tapearais	tapearan
	imperfect (se)	tapease	tapeases	tapease	tapeásemos	tapeaseis	tapeasen
	future1	tapeare	tapeares	tapeare	tapeáremos	tapeareis	tapearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tapeatú tapeávos	tapee	tapeemos	tapead	tapeen
	negative		no tapees	no tapee	no tapeemos	no tapeéis	no tapeen

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

Derived terms

• tapeo

Further reading

• “tapear”, 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