# tapar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From tap or tapa +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [təˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [taˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

tapar (first-person singular present tapo, first-person singular preterite tapí, past participle tapat)
* (transitive) to cork (a bottle, etc.), to stopper
* (transitive) to plug (a hole), to fill
* (transitive) to cover, to conceal
* (transitive) to silence (in an argument)
* (intransitive, pronominal) to suffocate, to choke
    Synonym: ofegar-se
* (intransitive, pronominal) to become overcast (of the sky)

#### Derived terms

* tapaboques
* tapador
* tapadura
* tapaforats
* tapall
* tapament
* taparada

#### Related terms

* taponar

### Further reading

* “tapar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tapar, from tapa (“lid”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈpaɾ/

### Verb

tapar (first-person singular present tapo, first-person singular preterite tapei, past participle tapado)
* (transitive) to cover or close something with a lid or obstruction
** 1432, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 93:En este dia e por estas testemoyas, se deu o pregón das bestas mullares e asnos, que os non deytasen enas viñas nen cortasen as çepas, su a pena ordenada por ho conçello etc, e que cada hun que tape os portellos etc, su a dita pena, cada un da sua viñaIn this day and with these witnesses, it was proclaimed the announcements of the mules and asses, that they should not free them at the vineyards, nor cut down the grapevines under the penalty accorded by the council etcetera, and each one should close the gates etecetera, under the aforementioned penalty, each one of their vineyard
    Synonym: pechar
** to cork, to plug
    Synonyms: arrollar, zapar
** to obstruct an orifice
    Synonyms: atoar, obstruír
*** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 93:faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapalle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçonprepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the ass of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the ass with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out
*** 1437, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 121:por rasón que o cano da fonte Arcada estaua atuado e tapado ena orta do dito Pero Gomesbecause the pipe of the Arched Fountain was clogged and obstructed in Pedro Gomez's garden
* (transitive) to cover something so it can’t bee seen
    Synonyms: cubrir, ocultar
* (transitive) to enclose, to wall
** 1312, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., p. 149:
    eſta uina uos damos per taeſ cõdiçõeſ que a lauredeſ de todo lauor que [a] uina a maſter τ a tapedeſ en guyſa que nõ defaleſca per mj̃gua de tapadura
       we give you this vineyard under the condition that you work there any labour that the vineyard needs, and that you wall it so that it won't give out because of shortage of enclossing
* (pronominal) to cover up

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* tapada

#### Related terms

* tapa

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tapar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tap”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tapar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “tapar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tapar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “tapar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tapar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

tapar m (definite singular taparen, indefinite plural taparar, definite plural taparane)
* loser (person who fails to win)
    Antonym: vinnar
* loser (someone who loses in a specified manner)
    Han var ein god tapar. ― He was a good loser.
* loser (person of unhappy circumstances)
* loser (insult)

### Verb

tapar
* present of tapa

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tapar
* to cork (a bottle, etc.)

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

See tapa

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈpa(ʁ)/ [taˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈpa(ʁ)/ [taˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /taˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /taˈpa(ʁ)/ [taˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /taˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɐˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɐˈpa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ta‧par

### Verb

tapar (first-person singular present tapo, first-person singular preterite tapei, past participle tapado)
* (transitive) to close something with a lid or obstruction
    Synonym: tampar
* (transitive) to cover something so it can’t be seen
    Synonym: cobrir

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* tapa

## Spanish
### Etymology

From tapa (“lid, cover”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈpaɾ/ [t̪aˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ta‧par

### Verb

tapar (first-person singular present tapo, first-person singular preterite tapé, past participle tapado)
* to cover
    Synonym: cubrir
    Antonym: destapar
* to cap, to close with a lid, to put a lid on
    Synonym: cerrar
    Antonym: destapar
* to plug, to plug up, to fill a hole or pit
    Synonyms: rellenar, (of teeth) empastar
* to block, to obstruct, to clog
    Synonyms: obstruir, bloquear
* to cover up, to hide, to conceal
    Synonyms: encubrir, esconder, ocultar
* to mask (e.g., a smell, a painting or colors painted)
* (reflexive) to be clogged, to be clogged up
* (reflexive) to cover oneself up (to cover oneself when naked)
* (reflexive) to cover oneself (to put on a covering for protection from the elements, etc.)

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* destapar
* tapabocas
* tapacubos
* tapadera
* tapado
* tapador
* tapadura
* tapagrietas
* tapamiento
* taparrabos
* taparrosca
* taparse las orejas

#### Related terms

* tapón

### Further reading

* “tapar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.paɾ]

### Verb

tapar
* (stative) to be surprised

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Turkish
### Verb

tapar
* third-person singular indicative aorist of tapmak