Acaparar means ‘to hoard/monopolise’. It is a regular -ar verb: acaparo (present), acaparé (preterite), acaparado (past participle), acaparando (gerund).
Acaparar in use
La película acaparó todos los premiosThe film swept all the awards
Mucha gente acaparaba papel higiénico durante la pandemiaMany people were hoarding toilet paper during the pandemic
Siempre acaparas la conversaciónYou always monopolise the conversation
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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