atrapar
Spanish, verb/atɾaˈpaɾ/
atrapar is spelled A-T-R-A-P-A-R (7 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atrapar is a Spanish verb meaning “to capture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Coger al que huye o va deprisa”.
What does atrapar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to capture
- 2
to catch, to get
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Coger al que huye o va deprisa. 2. Coger alguna cosa. 3. Conseguir alguna cosa. 4. Hacer que alguien caiga en una trampa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atrapar
- atrapo first-person present singular
- atrapé first-person preterite singular
- atrapado participle past
- atrapando gerund
- atrapada feminine participle past
- atrapados masculine participle past
- atrapadas feminine participle past
- atrapas indicative informal present
- atrapás indicative informal present
- atrapa indicative present singular
- atrapamos first-person indicative plural
- atrapáis indicative plural present
- atrapan indicative plural present
- atrapaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atrapabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atrapábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atrapabais imperfect indicative plural
- atrapaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atrapar?
- /atɾaˈpaɾ/
- [a.t̪ɾaˈpaɾ]
- [at̪ɾaˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atrapar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atrapar in Spanish?
atrapar appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).