copsar

Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kupˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kopˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kopˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

copsar (first-person singular present copso, first-person singular preterite copsí, past participle copsat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to catch (to seize an object in motion, especially from the air)

   Synonyms: atrapar, agafar

2. to get, to obtain

   Synonym: aconseguir

3. (figurative) to grasp; to understand

   Synonyms: captar, entendre

Conjugation

    Conjugation of copsar (first conjugation)

infinitive			copsar
gerund			copsant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		copsat		copsada
		plural		copsats		copsades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	copso	copses	copsa	copsem	copseu	copsen
	imperfect	copsava	copsaves	copsava	copsàvem	copsàveu	copsaven
	future	copsaré	copsaràs	copsarà	copsarem	copsareu	copsaran
	preterite	copsí	copsares	copsà	copsàrem	copsàreu	copsaren
	conditional	copsaria	copsaries	copsaria	copsaríem	copsaríeu	copsarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	copsi	copsis	copsi	copsem	copseu	copsin
	imperfect	copsés	copsessis	copsés	copséssim	copséssiu	copsessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	copsa	copsi	copsem	copseu	copsin
	negative (no)	—	no copsis	no copsi	no copsem	no copseu	no copsin

Further reading

• “copsar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “copsar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “copsar”, 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