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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese apoucar. By surface analysis, a- + pouco (“little”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
apoucar (first-person singular present apouco, first-person singular preterite apouquei, past participle apoucado)
- (transitive) to diminish
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to diminish
- (transitive) to make light of
Conjugation
Conjugation of apoucar (c-qu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person
(eu)
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Second-person
(ti / tu)
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Third-person
(ele / ela / você)
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First-person
(nós)
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Second-person
(vós)
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Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
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| Infinitive
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| Impersonal
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apoucar
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| Personal
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apoucar
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apoucares
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apoucar
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apoucarmos
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apoucardes
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apoucarem
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| Gerund
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apoucando
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| Past participle
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| Masculine
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apoucado
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apoucados
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| Feminine
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apoucada
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apoucadas
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| Indicative
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| Present
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apouco
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apoucas
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apouca
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apoucamos
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apoucades, apoucais
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apoucam
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| Imperfect
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apoucava
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apoucavas
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apoucava
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apoucávamos
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apoucávades, apoucáveis, apoucávais1
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apoucavam
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| Preterite
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apouquei
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apoucaste, apoucache1
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apoucou
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apoucamos
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apoucastes
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apoucárom, apoucaram
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| Pluperfect
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apoucara
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apoucaras
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apoucara
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apoucáramos
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apoucárades, apoucáreis, apoucárais1
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apoucaram
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| Future
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apoucarei
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apoucarás
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apoucará
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apoucaremos
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apoucaredes, apoucareis
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apoucarám, apoucarão
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| Conditional
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apoucaria
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apoucarias
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apoucaria
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apoucaríamos
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apoucaríades, apoucaríeis, apoucaríais1
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apoucariam
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| Subjunctive
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| Present
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apouque
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apouques
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apouque
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apouquemos
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apouquedes, apouqueis
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apouquem
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| Imperfect
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apoucasse
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apoucasses
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apoucasse
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apoucássemos
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apoucássedes, apoucásseis
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apoucassem
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| Future
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apoucar
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apoucares
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apoucar
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apoucarmos
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apoucardes
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apoucarem
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| Imperative
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| Affirmative
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apouca
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apouque
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apouquemos
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apoucade, apoucai
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apouquem
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| Negative (nom)
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nom apouques
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nom apouque
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nom apouquemos
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nom apouquedes, nom apouqueis
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nom apouquem
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References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apoucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apou”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “apoucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “apoucar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “apoucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “apoucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
apoucar (first-person singular present apouco, first-person singular preterite apouquei, past participle apoucado)
- to lower, decrease
- to make light of
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.