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English
Adjective
copa (comparative more copa, superlative most copa)
- (US, slang) Clipping of copacetic.
Asturian
Noun
copa f (plural copes)
- cup (vessel for drinking)
- cupful
- cup (trophy in the shape of an oversized cup)
- cup (sports competition/trophy)
Synonyms
- (vessel for drinking): taza
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Compare Occitan copa, French coupe, Spanish copa.
Noun
copa f (plural copes)
- cup (drinking vessel)
- (card games, in the plural) goblets; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards
- (card games) a card from this suit
- (anatomy) crown
- Synonym: casc
- (anatomy) kneecap
- Synonyms: cassoleta, ròtula
- (botany) crown, treetop
- Synonym: capçada
- cup (of a bra)
- talla de copa ― cup size
- brazier
- Synonym: braser
- pan (of a scale)
- Synonym: platet
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
copa
- inflection of copar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
cōpa f (genitive cōpae, masculine cōpō); first declension
- a female tavern-keeper
Declension
First-declension noun.
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References
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese copa, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.
Pronunciation
Noun
copa f (plural copas)
- crop (top of a plant)
- breakfast room
- cup (part of bra)
- (Brazil) cup (sports trophy)
- Synonym: taça
- (Brazil) cup (sports competition)
- singular of copas (“hearts”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkopa/
- Rhymes: -opa
- Syllabification: co‧pa
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish copa, from Late Latin cŭppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.
Noun
copa f (plural copas)
- stemmed glass, glass, goblet or its content
- Synonym: póculo
- una copa de vino ― a glass of wine / a wine glass
- (figuratively) cocktail, drink
- crown, treetop
- cup, trophy (prize in sports)
- cup, competition (sports competition)
- cup of a brassiere
- hollow of a hat
- (card games) heart or a card of the hearts suit (on Spanish cards, the symbol is of a goblet)
- brake head
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
copa
- inflection of copar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
copa f (plural copâu or copau or copâon)
- summit, peak, top
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “copa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies