cooptar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cooptāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.opˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.opˈta(h)], /ko.o.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.o.piˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.opˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.opˈta(h)], /ko.o.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.o.piˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.opˈta(ɾ)/, /ko.o.piˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.opˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.opˈta(χ)], /ko.o.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.o.piˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.opˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɔˈptaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɔˈptaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɔˈpta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧op‧tar

Verb

cooptar (first-person singular present coopto, first-person singular preterite cooptei, past participle cooptado)

1. to co-opt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cooptar (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	cooptar
Personal	cooptar	cooptares	cooptar	cooptarmos	cooptardes	cooptarem
Gerund
	cooptando
Past participle
Masculine	cooptado			cooptados
Feminine	cooptada			cooptadas
Indicative
Present	coopto	cooptas	coopta	cooptamos	cooptais	cooptam
Imperfect	cooptava	cooptavas	cooptava	cooptávamos	cooptáveis	cooptavam
Preterite	cooptei	cooptaste	cooptou	cooptamos1, cooptámos2	cooptastes	cooptaram
Pluperfect	cooptara	cooptaras	cooptara	cooptáramos	cooptáreis	cooptaram
Future	cooptarei	cooptarás	cooptará	cooptaremos	cooptareis	cooptarão
Conditional	cooptaria	cooptarias	cooptaria	cooptaríamos	cooptaríeis	cooptariam
Subjunctive
Present	coopte	cooptes	coopte	cooptemos	coopteis	cooptem
Imperfect	cooptasse	cooptasses	cooptasse	cooptássemos	cooptásseis	cooptassem
Future	cooptar	cooptares	cooptar	cooptarmos	cooptardes	cooptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		coopta	coopte	cooptemos	cooptai	cooptem
Negative (não)		não cooptes	não coopte	não cooptemos	não coopteis	não cooptem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cooptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koobˈtaɾ/ [ko.oβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧op‧tar

Verb

cooptar (first-person singular present coopto, first-person singular preterite coopté, past participle cooptado)

1. to co-opt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cooptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cooptar
gerund			cooptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cooptado		cooptada
		plural		cooptados		cooptadas
		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	coopto	cooptastú cooptásvos	coopta	cooptamos	cooptáis	cooptan
	imperfect	cooptaba	cooptabas	cooptaba	cooptábamos	cooptabais	cooptaban
	preterite	coopté	cooptaste	cooptó	cooptamos	cooptasteis	cooptaron
	future	cooptaré	cooptarás	cooptará	cooptaremos	cooptaréis	cooptarán
	conditional	cooptaría	cooptarías	cooptaría	cooptaríamos	cooptaríais	cooptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coopte	cooptestú cooptésvos2	coopte	cooptemos	cooptéis	coopten
	imperfect (ra)	cooptara	cooptaras	cooptara	cooptáramos	cooptarais	cooptaran
	imperfect (se)	cooptase	cooptases	cooptase	cooptásemos	cooptaseis	cooptasen
	future1	cooptare	cooptares	cooptare	cooptáremos	cooptareis	cooptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cooptatú cooptávos	coopte	cooptemos	cooptad	coopten
	negative		no cooptes	no coopte	no cooptemos	no cooptéis	no coopten

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

    Selected combined forms of cooptar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cooptar
	dative	cooptarme	cooptarte	cooptarle, cooptarse	cooptarnos	cooptaros	cooptarles, cooptarse
	accusative	cooptarme	cooptarte	cooptarlo, cooptarla, cooptarse	cooptarnos	cooptaros	cooptarlos, cooptarlas, cooptarse
with gerund cooptando
	dative	cooptándome	cooptándote	cooptándole, cooptándose	cooptándonos	cooptándoos	cooptándoles, cooptándose
	accusative	cooptándome	cooptándote	cooptándolo, cooptándola, cooptándose	cooptándonos	cooptándoos	cooptándolos, cooptándolas, cooptándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coopta
	dative	coóptame	coóptate	coóptale	coóptanos	not used	coóptales
	accusative	coóptame	coóptate	coóptalo, coóptala	coóptanos	not used	coóptalos, coóptalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cooptá
	dative	cooptame	cooptate	cooptale	cooptanos	not used	cooptales
	accusative	cooptame	cooptate	cooptalo, cooptala	cooptanos	not used	cooptalos, cooptalas
with formal second-person singular imperative coopte
	dative	coópteme	not used	coóptele, coóptese	coóptenos	not used	coópteles
	accusative	coópteme	not used	coóptelo, coóptela, coóptese	coóptenos	not used	coóptelos, coóptelas
with first-person plural imperative cooptemos
	dative	not used	cooptémoste	cooptémosle	cooptémonos	cooptémoos	cooptémosles
	accusative	not used	cooptémoste	cooptémoslo, cooptémosla	cooptémonos	cooptémoos	cooptémoslos, cooptémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cooptad
	dative	cooptadme	not used	cooptadle	cooptadnos	cooptaos	cooptadles
	accusative	cooptadme	not used	cooptadlo, cooptadla	cooptadnos	cooptaos	cooptadlos, cooptadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coopten
	dative	coóptenme	not used	coóptenle	coóptennos	not used	coóptenles, coóptense
	accusative	coóptenme	not used	coóptenlo, coóptenla	coóptennos	not used	coóptenlos, coóptenlas, coóptense

Related terms

• cooptación

 

Further reading

• “cooptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014