choupo

Galician

Verb

choupo

1. first-person singular present indicative of choupar

Portuguese

choupo (Populus alba)

Alternative forms

• chopo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chopo, from Vulgar Latin *ploppus, from a metathetical alteration and contraction of Classical Latin pōpulus (“poplar”). Compare Spanish chopo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo(w).pu/ [ˈʃo(ʊ̯).pu]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo(w).pu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo(w).pu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃow.pu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃo.pu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -owpu, -opu
• Hyphenation: chou‧po

Noun

choupo m (plural choupos)

1. poplar (tree of the genus Populus)

Related terms

• choupal
• choupana

Further reading

• “choupo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “choupo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026