hopa

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See also: Hopa and hópa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

hopa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hopaði, supine hopað)

  1. to retreat, to fall back
  2. to recede
    Jökullinn hefur hopað.
    The glacier has receded.

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

hopa m (genitive singular hopa, nominative plural hopaí)

  1. hop (cone)

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Old English

Etymology

Late shortened form of tōhopa.

Pronunciation

Noun

hopa m

  1. hope

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: hope, hoppe
    • English: hope
    • Yola: hopes (plural)

Romanian

Interjection

hopa

  1. Alternative form of hop

Spanish

Verb

hopa

  1. only used in se hopa, third-person singular present indicative of hoparse
  2. only used in te ... hopa, syntactic variant of hópate, second-person singular imperative of hoparse

Swedish

Verb

hopa (present hopar, preterite hopade, supine hopat, imperative hopa)

  1. to row backwards
  2. (transitive) to gather, to collect (in a pile); to pile up
  3. (reflexive) to gather, to pile up; as of dark clouds or problems
    Svarta skyar hopar sig vid horisonten och lovar svår storm.
    Black clouds gather at the horizon and promise a severe storm.

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