# trepar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Back-formation from trepant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [tɾəˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [tɾeˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepí, past participle trepat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to drill, bore

#### Related terms

* trepa
* trepadella
* trepant
* trepollar

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* tripar

### Etymology

Attested since 1810. From a Germanic language; compare English trip.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾeˈpaɾ/

### Verb

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepei, past participle trepado)
* to trample, to tread

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trepar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “trepar”, 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), “trepar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “trepar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trepar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From the onomatopoeia trep or trip or from Germanic.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾeˈpa(ʁ)/ [tɾeˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾeˈpa(ʁ)/ [tɾeˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tɾeˈpa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾeˈpa(ʁ)/ [tɾeˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tɾeˈpa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɨˈpaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɨˈpaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɾɨˈpa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: tre‧par

### Verb

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepei, past participle trepado)
* to climb
* to mount
* to tread on
* (slang, vulgar, Brazil) to fuck

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* trepada
* trepador

#### Descendants

* Macanese: trepâ

### References

* ↑ “trepar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

### Further reading

* “trepar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “trepar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “trepar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic in origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾeˈpaɾ/ [t̪ɾeˈpaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tre‧par

### Verb

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepé, past participle trepado)
* to clamber, to scramble, to scramble up, to shimmy up (using both hands and feet)
* to climb over (when meaning climb "over", it's usually over something vertical like a wall)
* to climb, to climb up, to scale
    Synonyms: escalar, subir
* to creep, to climb (e.g. a plant or tree)
* (figuratively) to climb (the social ladder)

#### 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

* trepamonos
* trepamusgos
* trepatroncos

#### Related terms

* trepa
* trepador
* treparse

### Further reading

* “trepar”, 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

### Anagrams

* reptar