# apercollar
## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apeɾkoˈʝaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /apeɾkoˈʝaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /apeɾkoˈʎaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /apeɾkoˈʃaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /apeɾkoˈʒaɾ/ [a.peɾ.koˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧per‧co‧llar

### Verb

apercollar (first-person singular present apercollo, first-person singular preterite apercollé, past participle apercollado) (colloquial)
* (transitive) to grab someone by the neck
* (transitive, Ecuador) to extort (something)
* (transitive, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia) to hug (someone) passionately
* (reciprocal, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) to hug and kiss passionately
* (transitive, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama) to steal (something)
* (transitive, obsolete) to kill (someone) with a strike on the nape
* (transitive, obsolete) to snatch (something), especially stealthily

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | apercollar | apercollar | apercollar | apercollar | apercollar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | apercollando | apercollando | apercollando | apercollando | apercollando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | apercollado | apercollado | apercollada | apercollada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | apercollados | apercollados | apercolladas | apercolladas |
| | | 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 | apercollo | apercollas$^{tú}$ apercollás$^{vos}$ | apercolla | apercollamos | apercolláis | apercollan |
| indicative | imperfect | apercollaba | apercollabas | apercollaba | apercollábamos | apercollabais | apercollaban |
| indicative | preterite | apercollé | apercollaste | apercolló | apercollamos | apercollasteis | apercollaron |
| indicative | future | apercollaré | apercollarás | apercollará | apercollaremos | apercollaréis | apercollarán |
| indicative | conditional | apercollaría | apercollarías | apercollaría | apercollaríamos | apercollaríais | apercollarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | apercolle | apercolles$^{tú}$ apercollés$^{vos2}$ | apercolle | apercollemos | apercolléis | apercollen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | apercollara | apercollaras | apercollara | apercolláramos | apercollarais | apercollaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | apercollase | apercollases | apercollase | apercollásemos | apercollaseis | apercollasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | apercollare | apercollares | apercollare | apercolláremos | apercollareis | apercollaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | apercolla$^{tú}$ apercollá$^{vos}$ | apercolle | apercollemos | apercollad | apercollen |
| imperative | negative | | no apercolles | no apercolle | no apercollemos | no apercolléis | no apercollen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “apercollar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
* “apercollar” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.