copear

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish copa

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish copear

From copa + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kopeˈaɾ/ [ko.peˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧pe‧ar

Verb

copear (first-person singular present copeo, first-person singular preterite copeé, past participle copeado)

1. to booze; to tipple

Conjugation

    Conjugation of copear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			copear
gerund			copeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		copeado		copeada
		plural		copeados		copeadas
		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	copeo	copeastú copeásvos	copea	copeamos	copeáis	copean
	imperfect	copeaba	copeabas	copeaba	copeábamos	copeabais	copeaban
	preterite	copeé	copeaste	copeó	copeamos	copeasteis	copearon
	future	copearé	copearás	copeará	copearemos	copearéis	copearán
	conditional	copearía	copearías	copearía	copearíamos	copearíais	copearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	copee	copeestú copeésvos2	copee	copeemos	copeéis	copeen
	imperfect (ra)	copeara	copearas	copeara	copeáramos	copearais	copearan
	imperfect (se)	copease	copeases	copease	copeásemos	copeaseis	copeasen
	future1	copeare	copeares	copeare	copeáremos	copeareis	copearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		copeatú copeávos	copee	copeemos	copead	copeen
	negative		no copees	no copee	no copeemos	no copeéis	no copeen

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

Further reading

• “copear”, 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