zipar

Portuguese

Etymology

From English zip +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziˈpa(ʁ)/ [ziˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziˈpa(ʁ)/ [ziˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ziˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ziˈpa(ʁ)/ [ziˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ziˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ziˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ziˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ziˈpa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: zi‧par

Verb

zipar (first-person singular present zipo, first-person singular preterite zipei, past participle zipado)

1. (transitive, computing) to zip (to convert a computer file into a smaller package)

   Synonym: comprimir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zipar (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	zipar
Personal	zipar	zipares	zipar	ziparmos	zipardes	ziparem
Gerund
	zipando
Past participle
Masculine	zipado			zipados
Feminine	zipada			zipadas
Indicative
Present	zipo	zipas	zipa	zipamos	zipais	zipam
Imperfect	zipava	zipavas	zipava	zipávamos	zipáveis	zipavam
Preterite	zipei	zipaste	zipou	zipamos1, zipámos2	zipastes	ziparam
Pluperfect	zipara	ziparas	zipara	zipáramos	zipáreis	ziparam
Future	ziparei	ziparás	zipará	ziparemos	zipareis	ziparão
Conditional	ziparia	ziparias	ziparia	ziparíamos	ziparíeis	zipariam
Subjunctive
Present	zipe	zipes	zipe	zipemos	zipeis	zipem
Imperfect	zipasse	zipasses	zipasse	zipássemos	zipásseis	zipassem
Future	zipar	zipares	zipar	ziparmos	zipardes	ziparem
Imperative
Affirmative		zipa	zipe	zipemos	zipai	zipem
Negative (não)		não zipes	não zipe	não zipemos	não zipeis	não zipem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “zipar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025