aparar

To catch or receive something with the hands, a cape, or a container — used in the imperative when tossing something to someone (¡apara!). It also covers unrelated regional senses: peeling a piece of fruit to prepare it for eating, weeding around young plants, or leveling wooden boards in carpentry.

• ¡Apara, que te lo tiro! — Catch it, I'm throwing it to you!
• Aparó la manzana antes de comérsela. — He peeled the apple before eating it.
• El carpintero aparó las tablas para dejarlas parejas. — The carpenter leveled the boards to make them even.

Assuming aparar always means "to catch" — depending on region and context it can just as easily mean to peel fruit, weed a field, or level wood, so the surrounding sentence is essential for figuring out which sense applies.