copa

See also: Copa, copá, copà, copâ, and čópa

English

Adjective

copa (comparative more copa, superlative most copa)

1. (US, slang) Clipping of copacetic.

Asturian

Noun

copa f (plural copes)

1. cup (vessel for drinking)
2. cupful
3. cup (trophy in the shape of an oversized cup)
4. cup (sports competition/trophy)

Synonyms

• (vessel for drinking): taza

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Compare Occitan copa, French coupe, Spanish copa.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pa/

Noun

copa f (plural copes)

1. cup (drinking vessel)
2. (card games, in the plural) goblets; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards
3. (card games) a card from this suit
4. (anatomy) crown

   Synonym: casc

5. (anatomy) kneecap

   Synonyms: cassoleta, ròtula

6. (botany) crown, treetop

   Synonym: capçada

7. cup (of a bra)

   talla de copa ― cup size

8. brazier

   Synonym: braser

9. pan (of a scale)

   Synonym: platet

Derived terms

• • acopar
  • copa de Neptú
  • copada
  • copar
  • coper

   

Related terms

• copó

Further reading

• “copa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “copa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.pa/, [ˈkoːpä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pa/, [ˈkɔːpä]

Noun

cōpa f (genitive cōpae, masculine cōpō); first declension

1. a female tavern-keeper

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōpa	cōpae
Genitive	cōpae	cōpārum
Dative	cōpae	cōpīs
Accusative	cōpam	cōpās
Ablative	cōpā	cōpīs
Vocative	cōpa	cōpae

Related terms

• caupōna

References

• “copa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese copa, from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.pɐ/

• Hyphenation: co‧pa

Noun

copa f (plural copas)

1. crop (top of a plant)
2. breakfast room
3. cup (part of bra)
4. (Brazil) cup (sports trophy)

   Synonym: taça

5. (Brazil) cup (sports competition)
6. singular of copas (“hearts”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

Derived terms

• copeiro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopa/ [ˈko.pa]
• Rhymes: -opa
• Syllabification: co‧pa

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish copa, from Late Latin cŭppa, from Latin cūpa. Doublet of cuba.

Noun

copa f (plural copas)

1. stemmed glass, glass, goblet or its content

   Synonym: póculo

   una copa de vino ― a glass of wine / a wine glass

2. (figuratively) cocktail, drink
3. crown, treetop
4. cup, trophy (prize in sports)
5. cup, competition (sports competition)
6. cup of a brassiere
7. hollow of a hat
8. (card games) heart or a card of the hearts suit (on Spanish cards, the symbol is of a goblet)
9. brake head

Derived terms

• bar de copas
• como la copa de un pino
• Copa Mundial
• copita
• copón
• ir de copas
• lavacopas
• sombrero de copa
• sombrero de copa alta

 

Related terms

• copo

Descendants

• → Basque: kopa
• → O'odham: ko꞉ba

See also

• vaso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copa

1. inflection of copar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle English cop, from Old English cop, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpa/
• Rhymes: -ɔpa

Noun

copa f (plural copâu or copau or copâon)

1. summit, peak, top

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
copa	gopa	nghopa	chopa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “copa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies