Polyglot Dictionary

trepar

/tɾeˈpaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
trepo
preterite (eu)
trepei
past participle
trepado

Meaning

  1. to climb

    • Trepou na árvore.

      He climbed the tree.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

escalar

trepar is more colloquial and physical, climbing using hands and feet, like climbing a tree; escalar is more formal or technical, like scaling a mountain.

Similar in other languages

German

klettern

klettern is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to climb."

Spanish

escalar

escalar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to climb."

Spanish

trepar

trepar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to climb."

Practice

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