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Portuguese
Etymology
From apócope + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
apocopar (first-person singular present apocopo, first-person singular preterite apocopei, past participle apocopado)
- (transitive, linguistics) to apocopate (to shorten by apocope)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin apocopāre (“to cut off”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apokoˈpaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧po‧co‧par
Verb
apocopar (first-person singular present apocopo, first-person singular preterite apocopé, past participle apocopado)
- (transitive) to apocopate
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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