parapetear
Spanish, verb/paɾapeteˈaɾ/
parapetear is spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-T-E-A-R (10 letters). Parapetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to do a quick fix, to do a workaround, to bodge (UK)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reparar un objeto de manera rápida e incompleta”.
What does parapetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto do a quick fix, to do a workaround, to bodge (UK)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reparar un objeto de manera rápida e incompleta.
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 parapetear
- parapeteo first-person present singular
- parapeteé first-person preterite singular
- parapeteado participle past
- parapeteando gerund
- parapeteada feminine participle past
- parapeteados masculine participle past
- parapeteadas feminine participle past
- parapeteas indicative informal present
- parapeteás indicative informal present
- parapetea indicative present singular
- parapeteamos first-person indicative plural
- parapeteáis indicative plural present
- parapetean indicative plural present
- parapeteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- parapeteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- parapeteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- parapeteabais imperfect indicative plural
- parapeteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parapetear?
- /paɾapeteˈaɾ/
- [pa.ɾa.pe.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [paɾapet̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.