copar

Borrowed from French couper (“to cut”).

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

copar (first-person singular present copo, first-person singular preterite copí, past participle copat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, 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, 2024

Borrowed from English copper.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopˠəɾˠ/

copar m (genitive singular copair)

1. copper (chemical elements)

   Synonym: umha

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “copar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “copar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “copar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “copar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Borrowed from English copper.

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔhpəɾ/

copar m (genitive singular copair, no plural)

1. copper

• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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copar

1. (transitive) to kill, murder

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

• maẑar, masar