zarpar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zarpar, from Old Italian sarpare (modern Italian salpare), from serpe, from Latin serpēns (“snake”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [zahˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [zahˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /zaɾˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /zaʁˈpa(ʁ)/ [zaχˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /zaɻˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐɾˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐɾˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zɐɾˈpa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: zar‧par

Verb

zarpar (first-person singular present zarpo, first-person singular preterite zarpei, past participle zarpado)

1. (nautical, intransitive) to embark; to set sail
2. to leave

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zarpar (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	zarpar
Personal	zarpar	zarpares	zarpar	zarparmos	zarpardes	zarparem
Gerund
	zarpando
Past participle
Masculine	zarpado			zarpados
Feminine	zarpada			zarpadas
Indicative
Present	zarpo	zarpas	zarpa	zarpamos	zarpais	zarpam
Imperfect	zarpava	zarpavas	zarpava	zarpávamos	zarpáveis	zarpavam
Preterite	zarpei	zarpaste	zarpou	zarpamos1, zarpámos2	zarpastes	zarparam
Pluperfect	zarpara	zarparas	zarpara	zarpáramos	zarpáreis	zarparam
Future	zarparei	zarparás	zarpará	zarparemos	zarpareis	zarparão
Conditional	zarparia	zarparias	zarparia	zarparíamos	zarparíeis	zarpariam
Subjunctive
Present	zarpe	zarpes	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpeis	zarpem
Imperfect	zarpasse	zarpasses	zarpasse	zarpássemos	zarpásseis	zarpassem
Future	zarpar	zarpares	zarpar	zarparmos	zarpardes	zarparem
Imperative
Affirmative		zarpa	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpai	zarpem
Negative (não)		não zarpes	não zarpe	não zarpemos	não zarpeis	não zarpem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “zarpar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Italian / Vulgar Latin sarpare, from serpe, from Latin serpēns (“snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θaɾˈpaɾ/ [θaɾˈpaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /saɾˈpaɾ/ [saɾˈpaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zar‧par

Verb

zarpar (first-person singular present zarpo, first-person singular preterite zarpé, past participle zarpado)

1. (nautical, intransitive) to embark; to set sail

   Coordinate term: atracar (“to moor”)

   • 2023 December 4, Clara Blanchar, Dani Cordero, “Barcelona supera este año los tres millones de cruceristas, y aumentan solo los que hacen escala”, in El País‎:

     Mientras, los que utilizan Barcelona como puerto base (zarpan o atracan en el puerto), aumentan un 6,6% hasta 1,7 millones.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Chile, Rioplatense, colloquial) to behave in a daring and out of place way

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zarpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zarpar
gerund			zarpando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zarpado		zarpada
		plural		zarpados		zarpadas
		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	zarpo	zarpastú zarpásvos	zarpa	zarpamos	zarpáis	zarpan
	imperfect	zarpaba	zarpabas	zarpaba	zarpábamos	zarpabais	zarpaban
	preterite	zarpé	zarpaste	zarpó	zarpamos	zarpasteis	zarparon
	future	zarparé	zarparás	zarpará	zarparemos	zarparéis	zarparán
	conditional	zarparía	zarparías	zarparía	zarparíamos	zarparíais	zarparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zarpe	zarpestú zarpésvos2	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpéis	zarpen
	imperfect (ra)	zarpara	zarparas	zarpara	zarpáramos	zarparais	zarparan
	imperfect (se)	zarpase	zarpases	zarpase	zarpásemos	zarpaseis	zarpasen
	future1	zarpare	zarpares	zarpare	zarpáremos	zarpareis	zarparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zarpatú zarpávos	zarpe	zarpemos	zarpad	zarpen
	negative		no zarpes	no zarpe	no zarpemos	no zarpéis	no zarpen

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

Further reading

• “zarpar”, 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