trepar
Meanings
Verb
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. to climb (the social ladder) (figuratively)
Examples22
A los niños les gusta trepar a los árboles.
Children like climbing trees.
¿Puedes trepar al árbol?
Can you climb the tree?
De niña me encantaba trepar árboles.
I loved to climb trees when I was a kid.
Tom nunca aprendió cómo trepar árboles.
Tom never learned how to climb trees.
Tom no es muy bueno trepando árboles.
Tom isn't very good at climbing trees.
De niño le encantaba trepar a los árboles.
He liked climbing trees as a kid.