dopa

See also: dopá and döpa

English

Alternative forms

• DOPA

Etymology

Shortened from dihydroxyphenylalanine.

Noun

dopa (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) The amino acid dihydroxyphenylalanine that is generated in the liver from tyrosine and then converted into dopamine in the brain.

Derived terms

• dopamine
• dopasensitive / dopasensitivity
• ʟ-dopa

Anagrams

• APOD, DAPO, DPOA, PAOD, apod

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdo.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈdo.pa]

Verb

dopa

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

French

Verb

dopa

1. third-person singular past historic of doper

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.pa/
• Rhymes: -ɔpa
• Hyphenation: dò‧pa

Verb

dopa

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

Portuguese

Verb

dopa

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French doper.

Verb

a dopa (third-person singular present dopează, past participle dopat) 1st conj.

1. (sports) to dope

Conjugation

    conjugation of dopa (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a dopa
gerund			dopând
past participle			dopat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	dopez	dopezi	dopează	dopăm	dopați	dopează
	imperfect	dopam	dopai	dopa	dopam	dopați	dopau
	simple perfect	dopai	dopași	dopă	doparăm	doparăți	dopară
	pluperfect	dopasem	dopaseși	dopase	dopaserăm	dopaserăți	dopaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să dopez	să dopezi	să dopeze	să dopăm	să dopați	să dopeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		dopează			dopați
	negative		nu dopa			nu dopați

Spanish

Verb

dopa

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dope.

Verb

dopa (present dopar, preterite dopade, supine dopat, imperative dopa)

1. (sports) dope (use drugs to illicitly enhance performance)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dopa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dopa		dopas
Supine	dopat		dopats
Imperative	dopa		—
Imper. plural1	dopen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dopar	dopade	dopas	dopades
Ind. plural1	dopa	dopade	dopas	dopades
Subjunctive2	dope	dopade	dopes	dopades
	Participles
Present participle	dopande
Past participle	dopad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• doping
• dopning

Further reading

• dopa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dopa in Svensk ordbok (SO)