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Galician
Etymology
13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpō, palpāre (“to touch softly”). Cognate with Portuguese poupar. Doublet of palpar.
Pronunciation
Verb
poupar (first-person singular present poupo, first-person singular preterite poupei, past participle poupado)
- (archaic) to care
1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I. E. O. P. F, page 735:poupaua muyto as gentes, por que se podesse acorrer delles para a batalla que coydaua fazer- He cared a lot for the people, so that he could call them for the battle that he pretended to fight
- (archaic) to shun, to spare
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 461:Et quebrãtauã os laços dos elmos, et rrasgáuãnos en moytos lugares, et nõ sse poupauã de sse ferir moy fortemẽt- And they shattered the helm's ties, and tore them in many places, and they didn't shun hurting each other very hardly
- (intransitive, dated) to touch; to feel (transitive: to sense by touch)
- Synonym: apalpar
Conjugation
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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poupar
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Personal
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poupar
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poupares
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poupar
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pouparmos
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poupardes
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pouparem
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Gerund
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poupando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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poupado
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poupados
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Feminine
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poupada
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poupadas
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Indicative
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Present
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poupo
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poupas
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poupa
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poupamos
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poupades, poupais
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poupam
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Imperfect
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poupava
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poupavas
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poupava
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poupávamos
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poupávades, poupáveis, poupávais1
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poupavam
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Preterite
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poupei
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poupaste, poupache1
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poupou
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poupamos
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poupastes
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poupárom, pouparam
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Pluperfect
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poupara
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pouparas
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poupara
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poupáramos
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poupárades, poupáreis, poupárais1
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pouparam
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Future
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pouparei
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pouparás
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poupará
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pouparemos
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pouparedes, poupareis
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pouparám, pouparão
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Conditional
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pouparia
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pouparias
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pouparia
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pouparíamos
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pouparíades, pouparíeis, pouparíais1
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poupariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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poupe
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poupes
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poupe
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poupemos
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poupedes, poupeis
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poupem
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Imperfect
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poupasse
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poupasses
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poupasse
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poupássemos
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poupássedes, poupásseis
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poupassem
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Future
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poupar
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poupares
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poupar
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pouparmos
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poupardes
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pouparem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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poupa
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poupe
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poupemos
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poupade, poupai
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poupem
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Negative (nom)
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nom poupes
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nom poupe
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nom poupemos
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nom poupedes, nom poupeis
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nom poupem
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Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “poupar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poup”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poupar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese poupar, from Latin palpāre (“to touch softly”). Doublet of the borrowing palpar and apalpar.
Pronunciation
Verb
poupar (first-person singular present poupo, first-person singular preterite poupei, past participle poupado)
- (transitive) to save (time, money etc.)
- Synonym: economizar
Sem trabalho, não posso poupar dinheiro.- With no work, I can't save any money.
- (transitive) to spare
A morte não poupa ninguém.- Death spares no one.
- (intransitive) to economize
- Synonym: economizar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Descendants
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