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Back-formation from trepant.

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trepar (first-person singular present trepo, first-person singular preterite trepí, past participle trepat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to drill, bore

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

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

  1. to trample, to tread

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Portuguese

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

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  • Hyphenation: tre‧par

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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, vulgar, Brazil) to fuck

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  • Macanese: trepâ

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  1. ^ trepar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

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Onomatopoeic in origin.

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

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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)

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