copar

Borrowed from French couper (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “copar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “copar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Borrowed from English copper.

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔhpəɾ/

copar m (genitive singular copair, no plural)

1. copper
2. copperas (iron(II) sulfate)

   Synonym: copar-dubhaidh

• clach-chopair (“lapis lazuli”)

Borrowed from French couper.

• IPA^(key): /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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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copar

1. (transitive) to kill, murder

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

• maẑar, masar