carpir

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carpir, from Latin carpere (“to tear off”).

Pronunciation

Verb

carpir (first-person singular present carpo, first-person singular preterite carpín, past participle carpido)
carpir (first-person singular present carpo, first-person singular preterite carpim or carpi, past participle carpido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (dated, textiles) to fluff up
  2. (dated, textiles) to card
    Synonyms: carmear, carpear
  3. to tear off the hair
  4. to weep, to cry, to bewail
  5. to mourn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carpir
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal carpir
Personal carpir carpires carpir carpirmos carpirdes carpiren
Gerund
carpindo
Past participle
Masculine carpido carpidos
Feminine carpida carpidas
Indicative
Present carpo carpes carpe carpimos carpides carpen
Imperfect carpía carpías carpía carpiamos carpiades carpían
Preterite carpín carpiches carpiu carpimos carpistes carpiron
Pluperfect carpira carpiras carpira carpiramos carpirades carpiran
Future carpirei carpirás carpirá carpiremos carpiredes carpirán
Conditional carpiría carpirías carpiría carpiriamos carpiriades carpirían
Subjunctive
Present carpa carpas carpa carpamos carpades carpan
Imperfect carpise carpises carpise carpísemos carpísedes carpisen
Future carpir carpires carpir carpirmos carpirdes carpiren
Imperative
Affirmative carpe carpa carpamos carpide carpan
Negative (non) non carpas non carpa non carpamos non carpades non carpan
    Reintegrated conjugation of carpir (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal carpir
Personal carpir carpires carpir carpirmos carpirdes carpirem
Gerund
carpindo
Past participle
Masculine carpido carpidos
Feminine carpida carpidas
Indicative
Present carpo carpes carpe carpimos carpides, carpis carpem
Imperfect carpia carpias carpia carpíamos carpíades, carpíeis, carpíais1 carpiam
Preterite carpim, carpi carpiste, carpiche1 carpiu carpimos carpistes carpírom, carpiram
Pluperfect carpira carpiras carpira carpíramos carpírades, carpíreis, carpírais1 carpiram
Future carpirei carpirás carpirá carpiremos carpiredes, carpireis carpirám, carpirão
Conditional carpiria carpirias carpiria carpiríamos carpiríades, carpiríeis, carpiríais1 carpiriam
Subjunctive
Present carpa carpas carpa carpamos carpades, carpais carpam
Imperfect carpisse carpisses carpisse carpíssemos carpíssedes, carpísseis carpissem
Future carpir carpires carpir carpirmos carpirdes carpirem
Imperative
Affirmative carpe carpa carpamos carpide, carpi carpam
Negative (nom) nom carpas nom carpa nom carpamos nom carpades, nom carpais nom carpam

1Less recommended.

Derived terms

References

  • “carpir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “carpi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “carpir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “carpir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “carpir” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese carpir, from Latin carpere (“to tear off”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: car‧pir

Verb

carpir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present carpe, first-person singular preterite carpi, past participle carpido)

  1. to mourn
  2. to weep
  3. to weed (to remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carpir (defective) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal carpir
Personal carpir carpires carpir carpirmos carpirdes carpirem
Gerund
carpindo
Past participle
Masculine carpido carpidos
Feminine carpida carpidas
Indicative
Present — carpes carpe carpimos carpis carpem
Imperfect carpia carpias carpia carpíamos carpíeis carpiam
Preterite carpi carpiste carpiu carpimos carpistes carpiram
Pluperfect carpira carpiras carpira carpíramos carpíreis carpiram
Future carpirei carpirás carpirá carpiremos carpireis carpirão
Conditional carpiria carpirias carpiria carpiríamos carpiríeis carpiriam
Subjunctive
Present — — — — — —
Imperfect carpisse carpisses carpisse carpíssemos carpísseis carpissem
Future carpir carpires carpir carpirmos carpirdes carpirem
Imperative
Affirmative carpe — — carpi —
Negative (não) — — — — —

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin carpere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈpiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: car‧pir

Verb

carpir (first-person singular present carpo, first-person singular preterite carpí, past participle carpido)

  1. to weed; to hoe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carpir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive carpir
gerund carpiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular carpido carpida
plural carpidos carpidas
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 carpo carpestú
carpísvos 		carpe carpimos carpís carpen
imperfect carpía carpías carpía carpíamos carpíais carpían
preterite carpí carpiste carpió carpimos carpisteis carpieron
future carpiré carpirás carpirá carpiremos carpiréis carpirán
conditional carpiría carpirías carpiría carpiríamos carpiríais carpirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present carpa carpastú
carpásvos2 		carpa carpamos carpáis carpan
imperfect
(ra) 		carpiera carpieras carpiera carpiéramos carpierais carpieran
imperfect
(se) 		carpiese carpieses carpiese carpiésemos carpieseis carpiesen
future1 carpiere carpieres carpiere carpiéremos carpiereis carpieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative carpetú
carpívos 		carpa carpamos carpid carpan
negative no carpas no carpa no carpamos no carpáis no carpan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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