acoplado

Portuguese

Etymology

From acoplar (“to couple”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.koˈpla.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.koˈpla.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.koˈpla.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kuˈpla.du/ [ɐ.kuˈpla.ðu]

• Hyphenation: a‧co‧pla‧do

Adjective

acoplado (feminine acoplada, masculine plural acoplados, feminine plural acopladas, comparable)

1. linked, connected

Participle

acoplado (feminine acoplada, masculine plural acoplados, feminine plural acopladas)

1. past participle of acoplar

Spanish

Etymology

From acoplar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akoˈplado/ [a.koˈpla.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧co‧pla‧do

Noun

acoplado m (plural acoplados)

1. (sometimes derogatory) hanger-on, tagger-along
2. (Latin America) trailer (vehicle towed behind another)

   Synonym: tráiler

Participle

acoplado (feminine acoplada, masculine plural acoplados, feminine plural acopladas)

1. past participle of acoplar

Further reading

• “acoplado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10