# sapear
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From sapo (“frog”) +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.peˈa(ʁ)/ [sa.peˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sa.peˈa(ʁ)/ [sa.peˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /sa.peˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sa.peˈa(ʁ)/ [sa.peˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sa.peˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈpjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈpjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɐˈpja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: sa‧pe‧ar

### Verb

sapear (first-person singular present sapeio, first-person singular preterite sapeei, past participle sapeado)
* (Brazil, slang) to spy; to observe while concealed
    Synonyms: espreitar, espiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From sapo +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sapeˈaɾ/ [sa.peˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sa‧pe‧ar

### Verb

sapear (first-person singular present sapeo, first-person singular preterite sapeé, past participle sapeado)
* (Latin America) to dob in; snitch
* (Latin America) to spy; observe
    Synonym: espiar
* (Chile, Intransitive) to act like a telltale

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | sapear | sapear | sapear | sapear | sapear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | sapeando | sapeando | sapeando | sapeando | sapeando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | sapeado | sapeado | sapeada | sapeada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | sapeados | sapeados | sapeadas | sapeadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | sapeo | sapeas$^{tú}$ sapeás$^{vos}$ | sapea | sapeamos | sapeáis | sapean |
| indicative | imperfect | sapeaba | sapeabas | sapeaba | sapeábamos | sapeabais | sapeaban |
| indicative | preterite | sapeé | sapeaste | sapeó | sapeamos | sapeasteis | sapearon |
| indicative | future | sapearé | sapearás | sapeará | sapearemos | sapearéis | sapearán |
| indicative | conditional | sapearía | sapearías | sapearía | sapearíamos | sapearíais | sapearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | sapee | sapees$^{tú}$ sapeés$^{vos2}$ | sapee | sapeemos | sapeéis | sapeen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | sapeara | sapearas | sapeara | sapeáramos | sapearais | sapearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | sapease | sapeases | sapease | sapeásemos | sapeaseis | sapeasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | sapeare | sapeares | sapeare | sapeáremos | sapeareis | sapearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | sapea$^{tú}$ sapeá$^{vos}$ | sapee | sapeemos | sapead | sapeen |
| imperative | negative | | no sapees | no sapee | no sapeemos | no sapeéis | no sapeen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “sapear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014