# agazapar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ gazapo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /aɡaθaˈpaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.θaˈpaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /aɡasaˈpaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞a.saˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ga‧za‧par

### Verb

agazapar (first-person singular present agazapo, first-person singular preterite agazapé, past participle agazapado)
* (colloquial) to seize, to grab
* (reflexive) to crouch, to hunker down
    Synonym: agachar
* (reflexive) to hide (presumably by crouching)
** 2020, “Siempre estás tú”, in Ataque celeste, performed by El Columpio Asesino:Déjalo ya / Te conozco bien / Siempre agazapada / En un oscuro rincón(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | agazapar | agazapar | agazapar | agazapar | agazapar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | agazapando | agazapando | agazapando | agazapando | agazapando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | agazapado | agazapado | agazapada | agazapada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | agazapados | agazapados | agazapadas | agazapadas |
| | | 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 | agazapo | agazapas$^{tú}$ agazapás$^{vos}$ | agazapa | agazapamos | agazapáis | agazapan |
| indicative | imperfect | agazapaba | agazapabas | agazapaba | agazapábamos | agazapabais | agazapaban |
| indicative | preterite | agazapé | agazapaste | agazapó | agazapamos | agazapasteis | agazaparon |
| indicative | future | agazaparé | agazaparás | agazapará | agazaparemos | agazaparéis | agazaparán |
| indicative | conditional | agazaparía | agazaparías | agazaparía | agazaparíamos | agazaparíais | agazaparían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | agazape | agazapes$^{tú}$ agazapés$^{vos2}$ | agazape | agazapemos | agazapéis | agazapen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | agazapara | agazaparas | agazapara | agazapáramos | agazaparais | agazaparan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | agazapase | agazapases | agazapase | agazapásemos | agazapaseis | agazapasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | agazapare | agazapares | agazapare | agazapáremos | agazapareis | agazaparen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | agazapa$^{tú}$ agazapá$^{vos}$ | agazape | agazapemos | agazapad | agazapen |
| imperative | negative | | no agazapes | no agazape | no agazapemos | no agazapéis | no agazapen |
$^1$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

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