copiar
Spanish, verb/koˈpjaɾ/
copiar is spelled C-O-P-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,486th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Copiar is a Spanish verb meaning “to copy; to crib” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reproducir una obra exactamente igual, o muy parecida, que otra”.
What does copiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to copy; to crib
- 2
to copy; to imitate
- 3
to copy (to place a copy of an object in memory for later use)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reproducir una obra exactamente igual, o muy parecida, que otra. 2. Imitar un comportamiento ajeno.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of copiar
- copio first-person present singular
- copié first-person preterite singular
- copiado participle past
- copiando gerund
- copiada feminine participle past
- copiados masculine participle past
- copiadas feminine participle past
- copias indicative informal present
- copiás indicative informal present
- copia indicative present singular
- copiamos first-person indicative plural
- copiáis indicative plural present
- copian indicative plural present
- copiaba first-person imperfect indicative
- copiabas imperfect indicative second-person
- copiábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- copiabais imperfect indicative plural
- copiaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce copiar?
- /koˈpjaɾ/
- [koˈpjaɾ]
- [kopiˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to copiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is copiar in Spanish?
copiar appears 7.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).