OrigineInherited from Latin apparāre. Compare Italian apparare (“prepare”), Spanish aparar (“prepare, arrange”). Cf. also Occitan aparar (“protect”), which may be from a different but related root.
- transitiveto protect, defend, guard
- reflexiveto defend oneself
Formea apăra 1st conjugation(canonical) · apără(present, singular, third-person) · apărat(participle, past) · apere(subjunctive, third-person) · a apăra(infinitive) · apărând(gerund) · apăr(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · aperi(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · apără(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · apărăm(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · apărați(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · apără(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · apăram(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · apărai(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · apăra(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · apăram(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · apărați(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · apărau(imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · apărai(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · apărași(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular)