trepar

Backformed from trepant.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tɾəˈpa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈpaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, past participle trepat)

1. (transitive) to drill, bore

• trepa
• trepadella
• trepant
• trepollar

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

• tripar

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

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈpaɾ/

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepei, past participle trepado)

1. to trample, to tread

• “trepar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trepar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trepar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From the onomatopoeia trep or trip or from Germanic.[1]

• Hyphenation: tre‧par

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepei, past participle trepado)

1. to climb
2. to mount
3. to tread on
4. (slang, Brazil) to fuck

Onomatopoetic in origin.

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈpaɾ/ [t̪ɾeˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tre‧par

trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepé, past participle trepado)

1. to clamber, to scramble, to scramble up, to shimmy up (using both hands and feet)
2. to climb over (when meaning climb "over", it's usually over something vertical like a wall)
3. to climb, to climb up, to scale

   Synonyms: escalar, subir

4. to creep, to climb (e.g. a plant or tree)
5. (figuratively) to climb (the social ladder)

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

• reptar