copsar
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [kupˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kopˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kopˈsaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
[edit]copsar (first-person singular present copso, first-person singular preterite copsí, past participle copsat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- to catch (to seize an object in motion, especially from the air)
- to get, to obtain
- Synonym: aconseguir
- (figurative) to grasp; to understand
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of copsar (first conjugation)
infinitive | copsar | ||||||
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gerund | copsant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | copsat | copsada | |||||
plural | copsats | copsades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | copso | copses | copsa | copsem | copseu | copsen | |
imperfect | copsava | copsaves | copsava | copsàvem | copsàveu | copsaven | |
future | copsaré | copsaràs | copsarà | copsarem | copsareu | copsaran | |
preterite | copsí | copsares | copsà | copsàrem | copsàreu | copsaren | |
conditional | copsaria | copsaries | copsaria | copsaríem | copsaríeu | copsarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | copsi | copsis | copsi | copsem | copseu | copsin | |
imperfect | copsés | copsessis | copsés | copséssim | copséssiu | copsessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | copsa | copsi | copsem | copseu | copsin | |
negative (no) | — | no copsis | no copsi | no copsem | no copseu | no copsin |
Further reading
[edit]- “copsar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “copsar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “copsar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.