trepar

Meaning

  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
  4. to creep, to climb (e.g. a plant or tree)
  5. (figuratively) to climb (the social ladder)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
tre‧par
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɾeˈpaɾ/
Etymology

Onomatopoeic in origin.

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