mapear

Portuguese

Etymology

From mapa +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.peˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.peˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.peˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.peˈa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ma.peˈa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈpjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈpja.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ma‧pe‧ar
Homophone: mapiar

Verb

mapear (first-person singular present mapeio, first-person singular preterite mapeei, past participle mapeado)

(transitive) to map

Conjugation

Conjugation of mapear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mapear
Personal	mapear	mapeares	mapear	mapearmos	mapeardes	mapearem
Gerund
	mapeando
Past participle
Masculine	mapeado			mapeados
Feminine	mapeada			mapeadas
Indicative
Present	mapeio	mapeias	mapeia	mapeamos	mapeais	mapeiam
Imperfect	mapeava	mapeavas	mapeava	mapeávamos	mapeáveis	mapeavam
Preterite	mapeei	mapeaste	mapeou	mapeamos¹, mapeámos²	mapeastes	mapearam
Pluperfect	mapeara	mapearas	mapeara	mapeáramos	mapeáreis	mapearam
Future	mapearei	mapearás	mapeará	mapearemos	mapeareis	mapearão
Conditional	mapearia	mapearias	mapearia	mapearíamos	mapearíeis	mapeariam
Subjunctive
Present	mapeie	mapeies	mapeie	mapeemos	mapeeis	mapeiem
Imperfect	mapeasse	mapeasses	mapeasse	mapeássemos	mapeásseis	mapeassem
Future	mapear	mapeares	mapear	mapearmos	mapeardes	mapearem
Imperative
Affirmative		mapeia	mapeie	mapeemos	mapeai	mapeiem
Negative (não)		não mapeies	não mapeie	não mapeemos	não mapeeis	não mapeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

mapeação
mapeamento

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mapeˈaɾ/ [ma.peˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ma‧pe‧ar

Etymology 1

From mapa +‎ -ear.

Verb

mapear (first-person singular present mapeo, first-person singular preterite mapeé, past participle mapeado)

to map

Conjugation

Conjugation of mapear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			mapear
gerund			mapeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mapeado		mapeada
		plural		mapeados		mapeadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mapeo	mapeas^{^tú} mapeás^{^vos}	mapea	mapeamos	mapeáis	mapean
	imperfect	mapeaba	mapeabas	mapeaba	mapeábamos	mapeabais	mapeaban
	preterite	mapeé	mapeaste	mapeó	mapeamos	mapeasteis	mapearon
	future	mapearé	mapearás	mapeará	mapearemos	mapearéis	mapearán
	conditional	mapearía	mapearías	mapearía	mapearíamos	mapearíais	mapearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mapee	mapees^{^tú} mapeés^{^vos²}	mapee	mapeemos	mapeéis	mapeen
	imperfect (ra)	mapeara	mapearas	mapeara	mapeáramos	mapearais	mapearan
	imperfect (se)	mapease	mapeases	mapease	mapeásemos	mapeaseis	mapeasen
	future¹	mapeare	mapeares	mapeare	mapeáremos	mapeareis	mapearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mapea^{^tú} mapeá^{^vos}	mapee	mapeemos	mapead	mapeen
	negative		no mapees	no mapee	no mapeemos	no mapeéis	no mapeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of mapear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mapear	dative	mapearme	mapearte	mapearle, mapearse	mapearnos	mapearos	mapearles, mapearse
with infinitive mapear	accusative	mapearme	mapearte	mapearlo, mapearla, mapearse	mapearnos	mapearos	mapearlos, mapearlas, mapearse

with gerund mapeando	dative	mapeándome	mapeándote	mapeándole, mapeándose	mapeándonos	mapeándoos	mapeándoles, mapeándose
with gerund mapeando	accusative	mapeándome	mapeándote	mapeándolo, mapeándola, mapeándose	mapeándonos	mapeándoos	mapeándolos, mapeándolas, mapeándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mapea	dative	mapéame	mapéate	mapéale	mapéanos	not used	mapéales
	accusative	mapéame	mapéate	mapéalo, mapéala	mapéanos	not used	mapéalos, mapéalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mapeá	dative	mapeame	mapeate	mapeale	mapeanos	not used	mapeales
	accusative	mapeame	mapeate	mapealo, mapeala	mapeanos	not used	mapealos, mapealas

with formal second-person singular imperative mapee	dative	mapéeme	not used	mapéele, mapéese	mapéenos	not used	mapéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative mapee	accusative	mapéeme	not used	mapéelo, mapéela, mapéese	mapéenos	not used	mapéelos, mapéelas

with first-person plural imperative mapeemos	dative	not used	mapeémoste	mapeémosle	mapeémonos	mapeémoos	mapeémosles
with first-person plural imperative mapeemos	accusative	not used	mapeémoste	mapeémoslo, mapeémosla	mapeémonos	mapeémoos	mapeémoslos, mapeémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative mapead	dative	mapeadme	not used	mapeadle	mapeadnos	mapeaos	mapeadles
with informal second-person plural imperative mapead	accusative	mapeadme	not used	mapeadlo, mapeadla	mapeadnos	mapeaos	mapeadlos, mapeadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative mapeen	dative	mapéenme	not used	mapéenle	mapéennos	not used	mapéenles, mapéense
with formal second-person plural imperative mapeen	accusative	mapéenme	not used	mapéenlo, mapéenla	mapéennos	not used	mapéenlos, mapéenlas, mapéense

Derived terms

mapeo

Etymology 2

From English mop +‎ -ear.

Verb

mapear (first-person singular present mapeo, first-person singular preterite mapeé, past participle mapeado)

(Dominican Republic, north Honduras, Puerto Rico, US) alternative form of mopear (“to mop”)
Synonym: trapear

References

“mapear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“mapear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

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