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copar

Portuguese, verb/ko(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/

copar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to cope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desbastar em roda, para formar copa”.

What does copar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Brazilderogatoryto cope

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. desbastar em roda, para formar copa 2. aparar (o cabelo), arredondando(-o)

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of copar

  • copo first-person present singular
  • copei first-person preterite singular
  • copado participle past
  • copares infinitive second-person singular
  • coparmos first-person infinitive plural
  • copardes infinitive plural second-person
  • coparem infinitive plural third-person
  • copando gerund
  • copados masculine participle past
  • copada feminine participle past
  • copadas feminine participle past
  • copas indicative present second-person
  • copa indicative present singular
  • copamos first-person indicative plural
  • copais indicative plural present
  • copam indicative plural present
  • copava first-person imperfect indicative
  • copavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce copar?

  • Brazil /ko(w)ˈpa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ko(ʊ̯)ˈpa(h)]
  • /ko(w)ˈpa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.