zapé
Spanish, verb
zapé is spelled Z-A-P-É (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zapé is a Spanish verb meaning “first-person singular preterite indicative of zapar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, zape is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”.
What does zapé mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of zapar
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Voz para espantar animales, especialmente a los gatos, o para ahuyentar algún mal. 2. Voz para indicar sorpresa o temor ante un mal o precaución ante un riesgo. 3. Voz para negar una carta, en ciertos juegos de naipes, que pide un compañero.
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.
How common is zapé in Spanish?
zapé appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).