apercollar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin per collum (“by the neck”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /apeɾkoˈʝaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): /apeɾkoˈʝaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /apeɾkoˈʎaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /apeɾkoˈʃaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /apeɾkoˈʒaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧per‧co‧llar

Verb

apercollar (first-person singular present apercollo, first-person singular preterite apercollé, past participle apercollado) (colloquial)

1. (transitive) to grab someone by the neck
2. (transitive, Ecuador) to extort (something)
3. (transitive, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia) to hug (someone) passionately
4. (reciprocal, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) to hug and kiss passionately
5. (transitive, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama) to steal (something)
6. (transitive, obsolete) to kill (someone) with a strike on the nape
7. (transitive, obsolete) to snatch (something), especially stealthily

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apercollar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			apercollar
gerund			apercollando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apercollado		apercollada
		plural		apercollados		apercolladas
		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	apercollo	apercollastú apercollásvos	apercolla	apercollamos	apercolláis	apercollan
	imperfect	apercollaba	apercollabas	apercollaba	apercollábamos	apercollabais	apercollaban
	preterite	apercollé	apercollaste	apercolló	apercollamos	apercollasteis	apercollaron
	future	apercollaré	apercollarás	apercollará	apercollaremos	apercollaréis	apercollarán
	conditional	apercollaría	apercollarías	apercollaría	apercollaríamos	apercollaríais	apercollarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apercolle	apercollestú apercollésvos2	apercolle	apercollemos	apercolléis	apercollen
	imperfect (ra)	apercollara	apercollaras	apercollara	apercolláramos	apercollarais	apercollaran
	imperfect (se)	apercollase	apercollases	apercollase	apercollásemos	apercollaseis	apercollasen
	future1	apercollare	apercollares	apercollare	apercolláremos	apercollareis	apercollaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apercollatú apercollávos	apercolle	apercollemos	apercollad	apercollen
	negative		no apercolles	no apercolle	no apercollemos	no apercolléis	no apercollen

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

    Selected combined forms of apercollar

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive apercollar	dative	apercollarme	apercollarte	apercollarle, apercollarse	apercollarnos	apercollaros	apercollarles, apercollarse
	accusative	apercollarme	apercollarte	apercollarlo, apercollarla, apercollarse	apercollarnos	apercollaros	apercollarlos, apercollarlas, apercollarse
with gerund apercollando	dative	apercollándome	apercollándote	apercollándole, apercollándose	apercollándonos	apercollándoos	apercollándoles, apercollándose
	accusative	apercollándome	apercollándote	apercollándolo, apercollándola, apercollándose	apercollándonos	apercollándoos	apercollándolos, apercollándolas, apercollándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative apercolla	dative	apercóllame	apercóllate	apercóllale	apercóllanos	not used	apercóllales
	accusative	apercóllame	apercóllate	apercóllalo, apercóllala	apercóllanos	not used	apercóllalos, apercóllalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative apercollá	dative	apercollame	apercollate	apercollale	apercollanos	not used	apercollales
	accusative	apercollame	apercollate	apercollalo, apercollala	apercollanos	not used	apercollalos, apercollalas
with formal second-person singular imperative apercolle	dative	apercólleme	not used	apercóllele, apercóllese	apercóllenos	not used	apercólleles
	accusative	apercólleme	not used	apercóllelo, apercóllela, apercóllese	apercóllenos	not used	apercóllelos, apercóllelas
with first-person plural imperative apercollemos	dative	not used	apercollémoste	apercollémosle	apercollémonos	apercollémoos	apercollémosles
	accusative	not used	apercollémoste	apercollémoslo, apercollémosla	apercollémonos	apercollémoos	apercollémoslos, apercollémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative apercollad	dative	apercolladme	not used	apercolladle	apercolladnos	apercollaos	apercolladles
	accusative	apercolladme	not used	apercolladlo, apercolladla	apercolladnos	apercollaos	apercolladlos, apercolladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative apercollen	dative	apercóllenme	not used	apercóllenle	apercóllennos	not used	apercóllenles, apercóllense
	accusative	apercóllenme	not used	apercóllenlo, apercóllenla	apercóllennos	not used	apercóllenlos, apercóllenlas, apercóllense

Further reading

• “apercollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “apercollar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010