copar

Borrowed from French couper (“to cut”).

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

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

• “copar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Borrowed from English copper.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopˠəɾˠ/

copar m (genitive singular copair)

1. copper (chemical elements)

   Synonym: umha

• 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, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 246; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “copar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “copar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Adapted borrowing of English cope +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix).

• Hyphenation: co‧par

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), X Corp.:

     Estou copando com a falta de babão

     I'm coping with the lack of blowjobs

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

     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 (formerly Twitter)‎^[3] (post), X Corp.:

     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 (formerly Twitter)‎^[4] (post), X Corp.:

     Como copar com a solidão

     How to cope with loneliness

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

     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

Borrowed from English copper.

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔhpəɾ/

copar m (genitive singular copair, no plural)

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

   Synonym: copar-dubhaidh

• clach-chopair (“lapis lazuli”)

Borrowed from French couper.

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

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. to get; take
3. to use up

• “copar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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See accoppare

copar

1. (transitive) to kill, murder

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

• maẑar, masar