sincopar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin syncopāre (“to syncopate (a word)”), from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ʁ)/ [sĩ.koˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ʁ)/ [sĩ.koˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ʁ)/ [sĩ.koˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.koˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.kuˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.kuˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.kuˈpa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sin‧co‧par

Verb

sincopar (first-person singular present sincopo, first-person singular preterite sincopei, past participle sincopado)

1. to syncopate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sincopar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sincopar
Personal	sincopar	sincopares	sincopar	sincoparmos	sincopardes	sincoparem
Gerund
	sincopando
Past participle
Masculine	sincopado			sincopados
Feminine	sincopada			sincopadas
Indicative
Present	sincopo	sincopas	sincopa	sincopamos	sincopais	sincopam
Imperfect	sincopava	sincopavas	sincopava	sincopávamos	sincopáveis	sincopavam
Preterite	sincopei	sincopaste	sincopou	sincopamos1, sincopámos2	sincopastes	sincoparam
Pluperfect	sincopara	sincoparas	sincopara	sincopáramos	sincopáreis	sincoparam
Future	sincoparei	sincoparás	sincopará	sincoparemos	sincopareis	sincoparão
Conditional	sincoparia	sincoparias	sincoparia	sincoparíamos	sincoparíeis	sincopariam
Subjunctive
Present	sincope	sincopes	sincope	sincopemos	sincopeis	sincopem
Imperfect	sincopasse	sincopasses	sincopasse	sincopássemos	sincopásseis	sincopassem
Future	sincopar	sincopares	sincopar	sincoparmos	sincopardes	sincoparem
Imperative
Affirmative		sincopa	sincope	sincopemos	sincopai	sincopem
Negative (não)		não sincopes	não sincope	não sincopemos	não sincopeis	não sincopem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• síncope

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinkoˈpaɾ/ [sĩŋ.koˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sin‧co‧par

Verb

sincopar (first-person singular present sincopo, first-person singular preterite sincopé, past participle sincopado)

1. to syncopate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sincopar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sincopar
gerund			sincopando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sincopado		sincopada
		plural		sincopados		sincopadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sincopo	sincopastú sincopásvos	sincopa	sincopamos	sincopáis	sincopan
	imperfect	sincopaba	sincopabas	sincopaba	sincopábamos	sincopabais	sincopaban
	preterite	sincopé	sincopaste	sincopó	sincopamos	sincopasteis	sincoparon
	future	sincoparé	sincoparás	sincopará	sincoparemos	sincoparéis	sincoparán
	conditional	sincoparía	sincoparías	sincoparía	sincoparíamos	sincoparíais	sincoparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sincope	sincopestú sincopésvos2	sincope	sincopemos	sincopéis	sincopen
	imperfect (ra)	sincopara	sincoparas	sincopara	sincopáramos	sincoparais	sincoparan
	imperfect (se)	sincopase	sincopases	sincopase	sincopásemos	sincopaseis	sincopasen
	future1	sincopare	sincopares	sincopare	sincopáremos	sincopareis	sincoparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sincopatú sincopávos	sincope	sincopemos	sincopad	sincopen
	negative		no sincopes	no sincope	no sincopemos	no sincopéis	no sincopen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “sincopar”, 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