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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cōpia (“reproduction, transcript”), from Latin cōpia (“plenty, abundance”), from *coopia, from co- (“together”) + ops (“wealth, riches”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɔ.pjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɔ.pjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈkɔ.pja/
Noun
cópia f (plural cópias)
- copy
- cópia de segurança ― backup
- transcript
- replica, reproduction
Further reading
- “cópia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “cópia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “cópia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “cópia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “cópia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024