tapar

Catalan

Verb

tapar ‎(first-person singular present tapo, past participle tapat)

to cork (a bottle, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tapar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			tapar
present participle			tapant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tapat		tapada
		plural		tapats		tapades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tapo	tapes	tapa	tapem	tapeu	tapen
	imperfect	tapava	tapaves	tapava	tapàvem	tapàveu	tapaven
	future	taparé	taparàs	taparà	taparem	tapareu	taparan
	preterite	tapí	tapares	tapà	tapàrem	tapàreu	taparen
	conditional	taparia	taparies	taparia	taparíem	taparíeu	taparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tapi	tapis	tapi	tapem	tapeu	tapin
	imperfect	tapés	tapessis	tapés	tapéssim	tapéssiu	tapessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	tapa	tapi	tapem	tapeu	tapin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tapar m ‎(definite singular taparen, indefinite plural taparar, definite plural taparane)

loser (person who fails to win)
loser (someone who loses in a specified manner)
Han var ein god tapar.
He was a good loser.
loser (person of unhappy circumstances)
loser (insult)

Antonyms

(person who fails to win) vinnar

Verb

tapar

present tense of tapa and tape

Occitan

Verb

tapar

to cork (a bottle, etc.)

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		tapar			èsser tapat
past participle		tapat			-
gerund		tapant			èssent tapat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tapi	tapas	tapa	tapam	tapatz	tapan
	imperfect	tapavi	tapavas	tapava	tapàvem	tapàvetz	tapavan
	preterite	tapèri	tapères	tapèt	tapèrem	tapèretz	tapèron
	future	taparai	taparàs	taparà	taparem	taparetz	taparàn
conditional		tapariái	tapariás	tapariá	tapariam	tapariatz	taparián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tape	tapes	tape	tapem	tapetz	tapen
	imperfect	tapèssi	tapèsses	tapèsse	tapèssem	tapèssetz	tapèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			tapa		tapem	tapatz

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		tapar			èsser tapat
past participle		tapat			-
gerund		tapant			èssent tapat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tape	tapes	tapa	tapam	tapatz	tapon
	imperfect	tapave	tapaves	tapava	tapaviam	tapaviatz	tapavon
	preterite	tapere	taperes	tapet	tapem	tapetz	taperon
	future	taparai	taparàs	tapará	taparem	taparetz	taparán
conditional		tapariá	tapariás	tapariá	tapariam	tapariatz	taparián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tape	tapes	tape	tapassiam	tapassiatz	tapon
	imperfect	tapesse	tapesses	tapesse	tapessiam	tapessiatz	tapesson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			tapa		tapassiam	tapatz

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		tapar			èsser tapat
past participle		tapat			-
gerund		tapant			èssent tapat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tapi	tapas	tapa	tapam	tapatz	tapan
	imperfect	tapavi	tapavas	tapava	tapàvam	tapàvatz	tapavan
	preterite	tapèi	tapès	tapè	tapèm	tapètz	tapèn
	future	taparèi	taparàs	taparà	taparam	taparatz	taparàn
conditional		taparí	taparés	taparé	taparem	taparetz	taparén
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tapi	tapes	tape	tapem	tapetz	tapen
	imperfect	tapèssi	tapèsses	tapèsse	tapèssem	tapèssetz	tapèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			tapa		tapem	tapatz

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		tapar			èsser tapat
past participle		tapat			-
gerund		tapant			èssent tapat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tape	tapas	tapa	tapam	tapatz	tapan
	imperfect	tapava	tapavas	tapava	tapàvam	tapàvatz	tapavan
	preterite	tapei	taperas	tapet	tapèram	tapèratz	taperan
	future	taparai	taparàs	tapará	taparem	taparetz	taparán
conditional		tapariá	tapariàs	tapariá	tapariam	tapariatz	taparián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tape	tapes	tape	tapem	tapetz	tapen
	imperfect	tapèsse	tapèsses	tapèsse	tapèssem	tapèssetz	tapèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			tapa		tapem	tapatz

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		tapar			èsser tapat
past participle		tapat			-
gerund		tapant			èssent tapat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	tape	tapes	tapa	tapam	tapatz	tapan
	imperfect	tapavi	tapavas	tapava	tapàvem	tapàvetz	tapavan
	preterite	tapère	tapères	tapèt	taperiam	taperiatz	tapèron
	future	taparai	taparàs	taparà	taparem	taparetz	taparàn
conditional		tapariáu	tapariás	tapariá	tapariam	tapariatz	taparián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	tape	tapes	tape	tapem	tapetz	tapan
	imperfect	tapèsse	tapèsses	tapèsse	tapessiam	tapessiatz	tapèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			tapa		tapem	tapatz

Portuguese

Verb

tapar ‎(first-person singular present indicative tapo, past participle tapado)

(transitive) to close something with a lid or obstruction
(transitive) to cover something so it can’t bee seen

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb tapar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tapar
Personal	tapar	tapares	tapar	taparmos	tapardes	taparem
Gerund
	tapando
Past participle
Masculine	tapado			tapados
Feminine	tapada			tapadas
Indicative
Present	tapo	tapas	tapa	tapamos	tapais	tapam
Imperfect	tapava	tapavas	tapava	tapávamos	tapáveis	tapavam
Preterite	tapei	tapaste	tapou	tapamos tapámos	tapastes	taparam
Pluperfect	tapara	taparas	tapara	tapáramos	tapáreis	taparam
Future	taparei	taparás	tapará	taparemos	tapareis	taparão
Conditional
	taparia	taparias	taparia	taparíamos	taparíeis	tapariam
Subjunctive
Present	tape	tapes	tape	tapemos	tapeis	tapem
Imperfect	tapasse	tapasses	tapasse	tapássemos	tapásseis	tapassem
Future	tapar	tapares	tapar	taparmos	tapardes	taparem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	tapa	tape	tapemos	tapai	tapem
Negative (não)	-	tapes	tape	tapemos	tapeis	tapem

Synonyms

(to close with a lid): tampar
(to cover): cobrir

Related terms

tapa

Spanish

Etymology

From Spanish tapa ‎(“cover, lid”).

Verb

tapar ‎(first-person singular present tapo, first-person singular preterite tapé, past participle tapado)

to cover

Conjugation

Conjugation of tapar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			tapar
gerund			tapando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tapado		tapada
		plural		tapados		tapadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tapo	tapas^tú tapás^{^vos}	tapa	tapamos	tapáis	tapan
	imperfect	tapaba	tapabas	tapaba	tapábamos	tapabais	tapaban
	preterite	tapé	tapaste	tapó	tapamos	tapasteis	taparon
	future	taparé	taparás	tapará	taparemos	taparéis	taparán
	conditional	taparía	taparías	taparía	taparíamos	taparíais	taparían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tape	tapes^{^tú} tapés^{^vos¹}	tape	tapemos	tapéis	tapen
	imperfect (ra)	tapara	taparas	tapara	tapáramos	taparais	taparan
	imperfect (se)	tapase	tapases	tapase	tapásemos	tapaseis	tapasen
	future	tapare	tapares	tapare	tapáremos	tapareis	taparen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tapa^{^tú} tapá^{^vos}	tape	tapemos	tapad	tapen
	negative		no tapes	no tape	no tapemos	no tapéis	no tapen

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of tapar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive tapar
	dative	taparme	taparte, taparle	taparle, taparse	taparnos	taparos, taparles	taparles, taparse
	accusative	taparme	taparte, taparlo, taparla	taparlo, taparla, taparse	taparnos	taparos, taparlos, taparlas	taparlos, taparlas, taparse

with gerund tapando
	dative	tapándome	tapándote, tapándole	tapándole, tapándose	tapándonos	tapándoos, tapándoles	tapándoles, tapándose
	accusative	tapándome	tapándote, tapándolo, tapándola	tapándolo, tapándola, tapándose	tapándonos	tapándoos, tapándolos, tapándolas	tapándolos, tapándolas, tapándose

with informal second-person singular imperative tapa
	dative	tapame	tapate, tapale	tapale	tapanos	tapaos, tapales	tapales
	accusative	tapame	tapate, tapalo, tapala	tapalo, tapala	tapanos	tapaos, tapalos, tapalas	tapalos, tapalas

with formal second-person singular imperative tape
	dative	tápeme	tápete, tápele	tápele, tápese	tápenos	tápeles	tápeles, tápese
	accusative	tápeme	tápete, tápelo, tápela	tápelo, tápela, tápese	tápenos	tápelos, tápelas	tápelos, tápelas, tápese

with first-person plural imperative tapemos
	dative	not used	tapémosle	tapémosle	tapémonos	tapémosles	tapémosles
	accusative	not used	tapémoslo, tapémosla	tapémoslo, tapémosla	tapémonos	tapémoslos, tapémoslas	tapémoslos, tapémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative tapad
	dative	tapadme	tapadle	tapadle	tapadnos	tapaos, tapadles	tapadles
	accusative	tapadme	tapadlo, tapadla	tapadlo, tapadla	tapadnos	tapaos, tapadlos, tapadlas	tapadlos, tapadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative tapen
	dative	tápenme	tápente, tápenle	tápenle, tápense	tápenos	tápenles	tápenles, tápense
	accusative	tápenme	tápente, tápenlo, tápenla	tápenlo, tápenla, tápense	tápenos	tápenlos, tápenlas	tápenlos, tápenlas, tápense

Synonyms

Antonyms

destapar

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