sopear
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.peˈa(ʁ)/ [so.peˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /so.peˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /so.peˈa(ʁ)/ [so.peˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.peˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈpjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈpja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: so‧pe‧ar
Verb
sopear (first-person singular present sopeio, first-person singular preterite sopeei, past participle sopeado)
- (transitive) to trample on/over
- (transitive) to impede the movement of, hinder
- (transitive) to curb, repress
- (transitive, figuratively) to subjugate, dominate, subject
Conjugation
Conjugation of sopear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “sopear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “sopear”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “sopear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “sopear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sopear”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sopear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025