copar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French couper (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kuˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [koˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈpaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

copar (first-person singular present copo, first-person singular preterite copí, past participle copat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

1. (sports, politics) to sweep, to make a clean sweep (in a competition or election)
2. (games) to bet the bank
3. (military) to encircle

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of copar (first conjugation)

infinitive			copar
gerund			copant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		copat		copada
		plural		copats		copades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	copo	copes	copa	copem	copeu	copen
	imperfect	copava	copaves	copava	copàvem	copàveu	copaven
	future	coparé	coparàs	coparà	coparem	copareu	coparan
	preterite	copí	copares	copà	copàrem	copàreu	coparen
	conditional	coparia	coparies	coparia	coparíem	coparíeu	coparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	copi	copis	copi	copem	copeu	copin
	imperfect	copés	copessis	copés	copéssim	copéssiu	copessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	copa	copi	copem	copeu	copin
	negative (no)	—	no copis	no copi	no copem	no copeu	no copin

Further reading

• “copar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Irish

Chemical element (edit)
Cu Atomic number 29 copar
Classification data Period 4 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
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Etymology

Borrowed from English copper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopˠəɾˠ/

Noun

copar m (genitive singular copair)

1. copper (chemical elements)

   Synonym: umha

Declension

Declension of copar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative copar vocative a chopair genitive copair dative copar forms with the definite article singular nominative an copar genitive an chopair dative leis an gcopar don chopar

Mutation

Mutated forms of copar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
copar	chopar	gcopar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “copar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 246; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “copar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “copar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French couperder.

English copebor.

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese copar

From English cope + Portuguese -ar (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈpa(ɾ)/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈpa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈpa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ko(w)ˈpa(ɻ)/ [ko(ʊ̯)ˈpa(ɻ)]

• Hyphenation: co‧par

Verb

copar (first-person singular present copo, first-person singular preterite copei, past participle copado)

1. (Brazil, Internet slang, sometimes derogatory) to cope

   Synonym: lidar

   • 2022 October 8, @O8OO_PUTARIA, Twitter‎^[1] (post):

     Estou copando com a falta de babão

     I'm coping with the lack of blowjobs

   • 2022 November 15, @danilusmaximus, Twitter‎^[2] (post):

     Quando você é machista, vocês está demonstrando insegurança perante a mulheres. Ou seja, está agindo como um sojado beta, copando com a sua fraqueza.

     When you are sexist, you are showing insecurity toward women. That is, you are acting like a soy beta, coping with your weakness.

   • 2024 February 9, @Deuruimferrou, X‎^[3] (post):

     E acharem normal ser escravo assalariado copando com cachaça e futebol pra não coringar.

     And they think it's normal to be a wage slave, coping with cachaça and soccer so as not to go insane.

   • 2024 November 12, @adsollaris, X‎^[4] (post):

     Como copar com a solidão

     How to cope with loneliness

   • 2024 December 13, @lukepurplevoid, X‎^[5] (post):

     Todo dia um CORNO copando com o fato de não ter nascido no RJ ou SP. De fude esse país

     Every day some CUCK coping with the fact of not being born in Rio or São Paulo. Fuck this country

Conjugation

    Conjugation of copar (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	copar
Personal	copar	copares	copar	coparmos	copardes	coparem
Gerund
	copando
Past participle
Masculine	copado			copados
Feminine	copada			copadas
Indicative
Present	copo	copas	copa	copamos	copais	copam
Imperfect	copava	copavas	copava	copávamos	copáveis	copavam
Preterite	copei	copaste	copou	copamos1, copámos2	copastes	coparam
Pluperfect	copara	coparas	copara	copáramos	copáreis	coparam
Future	coparei	coparás	copará	coparemos	copareis	coparão
Conditional	coparia	coparias	coparia	coparíamos	coparíeis	copariam
Subjunctive
Present	cope	copes	cope	copemos	copeis	copem
Imperfect	copasse	copasses	copasse	copássemos	copásseis	copassem
Future	copar	copares	copar	coparmos	copardes	coparem
Imperative
Affirmative		copa	cope	copemos	copai	copem
Negative (não)		não copes	não cope	não copemos	não copeis	não copem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “copar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “copar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English copper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔhpəɾ/

Noun

copar m (genitive singular copair, no plural)

1. copper
2. copperas (iron(II) sulfate)

   Synonym: copar-dubhaidh

Derived terms

• clach-chopair (“lapis lazuli”)

Mutation

Mutation of copar

radical	lenition
copar	chopar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French couper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈpaɾ/ [koˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧par

Verb

copar (first-person singular present copo, first-person singular preterite copé, past participle copado)

1. (politics) to make a clean sweep
   • 2021, María Jesús Pérez Espí, Mercedes Sanz-Bachiller: Biografía política:

     Sin embargo, en Auxilio Social, por ejemplo, los varones acabaron copando los puestos clave, relegando a las mujeres a puestos subalternos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (gambling) To bet a sum equal to the bank in a game of chance.
3. (military) to encircle
4. to fill to the cap
5. to monopolize
6. (Rioplatense, colloquial) to like a lot [with dative ‘liker’ and nominative ‘object’]

   Synonym: gustar mucho

   Me compré el Silent Hill 2 y me re copó. ― I got Silent Hill 2 and I really liked it.

   1. (Rioplatense, colloquial, reflexive) expresses liking something a lot

      Me compré el Silent Hill 2 y me re copé. ― I got Silent Hill 2 and I really liked it.

7. (Rioplatense, colloquial, reflexive) to agree to do something

Conjugation

    Conjugation of copar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			copar
gerund			copando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		copado		copada
		plural		copados		copadas
		singular			plural
		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	copo	copastú copásvos	copa	copamos	copáis	copan
	imperfect	copaba	copabas	copaba	copábamos	copabais	copaban
	preterite	copé	copaste	copó	copamos	copasteis	coparon
	future	coparé	coparás	copará	coparemos	coparéis	coparán
	conditional	coparía	coparías	coparía	coparíamos	coparíais	coparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cope	copestú copésvos2	cope	copemos	copéis	copen
	imperfect (ra)	copara	coparas	copara	copáramos	coparais	coparan
	imperfect (se)	copase	copases	copase	copásemos	copaseis	copasen
	future1	copare	copares	copare	copáremos	copareis	coparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		copatú copávos	cope	copemos	copad	copen
	negative		no copes	no cope	no copemos	no copéis	no copen

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

    Selected combined forms of copar

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 copar	dative	coparme	coparte	coparle, coparse	coparnos	coparos	coparles, coparse
	accusative	coparme	coparte	coparlo, coparla, coparse	coparnos	coparos	coparlos, coparlas, coparse
with gerund copando	dative	copándome	copándote	copándole, copándose	copándonos	copándoos	copándoles, copándose
	accusative	copándome	copándote	copándolo, copándola, copándose	copándonos	copándoos	copándolos, copándolas, copándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative copa	dative	cópame	cópate	cópale	cópanos	not used	cópales
	accusative	cópame	cópate	cópalo, cópala	cópanos	not used	cópalos, cópalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative copá	dative	copame	copate	copale	copanos	not used	copales
	accusative	copame	copate	copalo, copala	copanos	not used	copalos, copalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cope	dative	cópeme	not used	cópele, cópese	cópenos	not used	cópeles
	accusative	cópeme	not used	cópelo, cópela, cópese	cópenos	not used	cópelos, cópelas
with first-person plural imperative copemos	dative	not used	copémoste	copémosle	copémonos	copémoos	copémosles
	accusative	not used	copémoste	copémoslo, copémosla	copémonos	copémoos	copémoslos, copémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative copad	dative	copadme	not used	copadle	copadnos	copaos	copadles
	accusative	copadme	not used	copadlo, copadla	copadnos	copaos	copadlos, copadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative copen	dative	cópenme	not used	cópenle	cópennos	not used	cópenles, cópense
	accusative	cópenme	not used	cópenlo, cópenla	cópennos	not used	cópenlos, cópenlas, cópense

Derived terms

• copado

Further reading

• “copar”, 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

Venetan

Etymology

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See accoppare

Verb

copar

1. (transitive) to kill, murder

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of copar (first conjugation)

infinitive	copar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		copando
past participle		copà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	copo	(te) copi, (te) cupi	(el/ła) copa	copémo, copòn	copé	(i/łe) copa
imperfect	copava	(te) copavi	(el/ła) copava	copàvimo	copavi	(i/łe) copava
future	coparò	(te) coparè	(el/ła) coparà	coparémo	coparè	(i/łe) coparà
conditional	coparìa	(te) coparisi	(el/ła) coparìa	coparìsimo	coparisi	(i/łe) coparìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	cope, copa	(te) copi	(el/ła) cope, (el/ła) copa	copémo, copone	copé	(i/łe) cope, (i/łe) copa
imperfect	copase	(te) copasi	(el/ła) copase	copàsimo	copasi	(i/łe) copase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) copa	(el/ła) copa, (el/ła) cope	copémo	copé	(i/łe) copa, (i/łe) cope

Synonyms

• maẑar, masar