rapear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English rapbor.

Spanish rap

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Latin -idiāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish rapear

From rap + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rapeˈaɾ/ [ra.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧pe‧ar

Verb

rapear (first-person singular present rapeo, first-person singular preterite rapeé, past participle rapeado)

1. (music) to rap

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rapear
gerund			rapeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rapeado		rapeada
		plural		rapeados		rapeadas
		singular			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
	present	rapeo	rapeastú rapeásvos	rapea	rapeamos	rapeáis	rapean
	imperfect	rapeaba	rapeabas	rapeaba	rapeábamos	rapeabais	rapeaban
	preterite	rapeé	rapeaste	rapeó	rapeamos	rapeasteis	rapearon
	future	rapearé	rapearás	rapeará	rapearemos	rapearéis	rapearán
	conditional	rapearía	rapearías	rapearía	rapearíamos	rapearíais	rapearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rapee	rapeestú rapeésvos2	rapee	rapeemos	rapeéis	rapeen
	imperfect (ra)	rapeara	rapearas	rapeara	rapeáramos	rapearais	rapearan
	imperfect (se)	rapease	rapeases	rapease	rapeásemos	rapeaseis	rapeasen
	future1	rapeare	rapeares	rapeare	rapeáremos	rapeareis	rapearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rapeatú rapeávos	rapee	rapeemos	rapead	rapeen
	negative		no rapees	no rapee	no rapeemos	no rapeéis	no rapeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rapear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rapear	dative	rapearme	rapearte	rapearle, rapearse	rapearnos	rapearos	rapearles, rapearse
	accusative	rapearme	rapearte	rapearlo, rapearla, rapearse	rapearnos	rapearos	rapearlos, rapearlas, rapearse
with gerund rapeando	dative	rapeándome	rapeándote	rapeándole, rapeándose	rapeándonos	rapeándoos	rapeándoles, rapeándose
	accusative	rapeándome	rapeándote	rapeándolo, rapeándola, rapeándose	rapeándonos	rapeándoos	rapeándolos, rapeándolas, rapeándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative rapea	dative	rapéame	rapéate	rapéale	rapéanos	not used	rapéales
	accusative	rapéame	rapéate	rapéalo, rapéala	rapéanos	not used	rapéalos, rapéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rapeá	dative	rapeame	rapeate	rapeale	rapeanos	not used	rapeales
	accusative	rapeame	rapeate	rapealo, rapeala	rapeanos	not used	rapealos, rapealas
with formal second-person singular imperative rapee	dative	rapéeme	not used	rapéele, rapéese	rapéenos	not used	rapéeles
	accusative	rapéeme	not used	rapéelo, rapéela, rapéese	rapéenos	not used	rapéelos, rapéelas
with first-person plural imperative rapeemos	dative	not used	rapeémoste	rapeémosle	rapeémonos	rapeémoos	rapeémosles
	accusative	not used	rapeémoste	rapeémoslo, rapeémosla	rapeémonos	rapeémoos	rapeémoslos, rapeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rapead	dative	rapeadme	not used	rapeadle	rapeadnos	rapeaos	rapeadles
	accusative	rapeadme	not used	rapeadlo, rapeadla	rapeadnos	rapeaos	rapeadlos, rapeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rapeen	dative	rapéenme	not used	rapéenle	rapéennos	not used	rapéenles, rapéense
	accusative	rapéenme	not used	rapéenlo, rapéenla	rapéennos	not used	rapéenlos, rapéenlas, rapéense

Derived terms

• rapeo

Further reading

• “rapear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026