cooptar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin cooptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koobˈta(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: co‧op‧tar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

cooptar

1. (transitive) to co-opt (elect as a fellow member of a group)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cooptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cooptar
gerund			cooptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cooptau, cooptato		cooptada, cooptata
		plural		cooptaus, cooptatos		cooptadas, cooptatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	coopto	cooptas	coopta	cooptamos	cooptaz	cooptan
	imperfect	cooptaba, cooptabe	cooptabas	cooptaba	cooptabanos	cooptabaz	cooptaban
	preterite	coopté	cooptés	cooptó	cooptemos	cooptez	cooptoron, cooptón
	future	cooptaré	cooptarás	cooptará	cooptaremos	cooptarez	cooptarán
	conditional	cooptaría	cooptarías	cooptaría	cooptaríanos	cooptaríaz	cooptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	coopte	cooptes	coopte	cooptemos	cooptez	coopten
	imperfect	cooptase	cooptases	cooptase	cooptasenos	cooptasez	cooptasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	coopta	—	—	cooptaz	—

References

• 2024 October, Diccionario aragonés-castellano-catalán: Estudio de Filología Aragonesa (version 14) (in Aragonese), page 306
• 2022 October, Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA), page 640

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cooptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.upˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.opˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.opˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

cooptar (first-person singular present coopto, first-person singular preterite cooptí, past participle cooptat)

1. (transitive) to co-opt (elect as a fellow member of a group)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cooptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cooptar
gerund			cooptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cooptat		cooptada
		plural		cooptats		cooptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	coopto	cooptes	coopta	cooptem	coopteu	coopten
	imperfect	cooptava	cooptaves	cooptava	cooptàvem	cooptàveu	cooptaven
	future	cooptaré	cooptaràs	cooptarà	cooptarem	cooptareu	cooptaran
	preterite	cooptí	cooptares	cooptà	cooptàrem	cooptàreu	cooptaren
	conditional	cooptaria	cooptaries	cooptaria	cooptaríem	cooptaríeu	cooptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	coopti	cooptis	coopti	cooptem	coopteu	cooptin
	imperfect	cooptés	cooptessis	cooptés	cooptéssim	cooptéssiu	cooptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	coopta	coopti	cooptem	coopteu	cooptin
	negative (no)	—	no cooptis	no coopti	no cooptem	no coopteu	no cooptin

Further reading

• “cooptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cooptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cooptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔopˈtaɾ/ [ˌkɔopˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧op‧tar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to co-opt (elect as a fellow member of a group)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cooptar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cooptar
Personal	cooptar	cooptares	cooptar	cooptarmos	cooptardes	cooptaren
Gerund
	cooptando
Past participle
Masculine	cooptado			cooptados
Feminine	cooptada			cooptadas
Indicative
Present	coopto	cooptas	coopta	cooptamos	cooptades	cooptan
Imperfect	cooptaba	cooptabas	cooptaba	cooptabamos	cooptabades	cooptaban
Preterite	cooptei	cooptaches	cooptou	cooptamos	cooptastes	cooptaron
Pluperfect	cooptara	cooptaras	cooptara	cooptaramos	cooptarades	cooptaran
Future	cooptarei	cooptarás	cooptará	cooptaremos	cooptaredes	cooptarán
Conditional	cooptaría	cooptarías	cooptaría	cooptariamos	cooptariades	cooptarían
Subjunctive
Present	coopte	cooptes	coopte	cooptemos	cooptedes	coopten
Imperfect	cooptase	cooptases	cooptase	cooptásemos	cooptásedes	cooptasen
Future	cooptar	cooptares	cooptar	cooptarmos	cooptardes	cooptaren
Imperative
Affirmative		coopta	coopte	cooptemos	cooptade	coopten
Negative (non)		non cooptes	non coopte	non cooptemos	non cooptedes	non coopten

    Reintegrated conjugation of cooptar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	cooptades, cooptais	cooptam
Imperfect	cooptava	cooptavas	cooptava	cooptávamos	cooptávades, cooptáveis, cooptávais1	cooptavam
Preterite	cooptei	cooptaste, cooptache1	cooptou	cooptamos	cooptastes	cooptárom, cooptaram
Pluperfect	cooptara	cooptaras	cooptara	cooptáramos	cooptárades, cooptáreis, cooptárais1	cooptaram
Future	cooptarei	cooptarás	cooptará	cooptaremos	cooptaredes, cooptareis	cooptarám, cooptarão
Conditional	cooptaria	cooptarias	cooptaria	cooptaríamos	cooptaríades, cooptaríeis, cooptaríais1	cooptariam
Subjunctive
Present	coopte	cooptes	coopte	cooptemos	cooptedes, coopteis	cooptem
Imperfect	cooptasse	cooptasses	cooptasse	cooptássemos	cooptássedes, cooptásseis	cooptassem
Future	cooptar	cooptares	cooptar	cooptarmos	cooptardes	cooptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		coopta	coopte	cooptemos	cooptade, cooptai	cooptem
Negative (nom)		nom cooptes	nom coopte	nom cooptemos	nom cooptedes, nom coopteis	nom cooptem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “cooptar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “cooptar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

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. (transitive) 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.

Further reading

• “cooptar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cooptar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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. (transitive) to co-opt (elect as a fellow member of a group)
2. (transitive) to co-opt (commandeer, take over)
3. (transitive) to co-opt (assimilate into a group)

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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024